1441

This page is about the year 1441. See UN Security Council Resolution 1441 for the 2002 call for Iraq to disclose its WMD

Years: 1438 1439 1440 - 1441 - 1442 1443 1444
Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

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 Yucatán 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.

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