1419 ( MCDXIX ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar , the 1419th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 419th year of the 2nd millennium , the 19th year of the 15th century , and the 10th and last year of the 1410s decade. As of the start of 1419, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events of 1419 [ change | change source ]

• January 19 ? Hundred Years' War : Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England .
• June 20 ? Start of the Oei Invasion of Tsushima Island in Japan by Joseon Korea .
• July 30 ? 1st defenestration of Prague
• September 10 ? Assassination of John the Fearless , Duke of Burgundy by adherents of the Dauphin
• Portuguese sea captains Joao Goncalves Zarco and Tristao Vaz Teixeira , at the service of Prince Henry the Navigator discover the Madeira islands
• The University of Rostock is established as the oldest university of northern Europe .

Births [ change | change source ]

• July 10 ? Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (died 1471 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• April 5 ? Vincent Ferrer , Spanish missionary and saint (born 1350 )
• August 16 ? Wenceslaus, King of the Romans , King of Bohemia (born 1361 )
• September 10 ? John the Fearless , Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (born 1371 )
• November 22 ? Antipope John XXIII
• December 17 ? William Gascoigne , Chief Justice of England
• date unknown ? Je Tsongkhapa , founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism (born 1357 )