1409

Year '1409' was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1409

Births

Deaths

Events of 1409

★ January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English.

★ March 25 - The Council of Pisa opens.

★ July - Martin I of Aragon succeeds his own son as King of Sicily

★ December 2 - The University of Leipzig opens.

★ Ulugh Beg becomes governor of Samarkand.

★ Venice buys the port of Zadar from Hungary.

★ Cheng Ho (or Zheng He) the admiral of the fleet of the Ming empire, deposes the king of Sri Lanka.

Births

★ February 28 - Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)

★ March 2 - John II of Alençon, French soldier (d. 1476)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Bernardo Rossellino, Florentine sculptor and architect

★ ''probable''

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★ Charles VIII, King of Sweden

Deaths

★ May 13 - Jan z Tarnowa, Polish nobleman

★ May 22 - Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V (born 1392)

★ July 25 - King Martin I of Sicily (born 1374)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Thomas Merke, English bishop

★ ''probable''

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★ Edmund Mortimer, English rebel (born 1376)