1441 ( MCDXLI ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar , the 1441st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 441st year of the 2nd millennium , the 41st year of the 15th century , and the 2nd year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1441, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• King's College , University of Cambridge , is founded by King Henry VI .
• Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Empire .
• Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesiastical council at Florence , as part of the negotiations concerning a possible union of Coptic and Roman Catholic Christianity . This is the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian Church with Europe.
• Revolt in Yucatan capital Mayapan ; Maya civilization falls into warring city-states.
• Christopher of Bavaria succeeds Karl Knutsson Borde as king of Sweden .
• Alfonso V of Aragon captures Naples after a five-month siege.
• With the help of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , governor Haci Giray declares his province independent of the Golden Horde and establishes the Crimean Khanate .
• The Republic of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna , ending the Da Polenta dynasty.

Births [ change | change source ]

• February 9 ? Ali-Shir Nava'i , politician and poet (died 1501 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• January 14 ? Corrado IV Trinci , former lord of Foligno
• July 9 ? Jan van Eyck , Dutch painter
• July 12 ? Ashikaga Yoshinori , Japanese shogun (born 1394 )