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1409

Year 1409 was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

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''

--- Bernardo Rossellino , Florentine sculptor and architect

''probable''

--- 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''

--- Thomas Merke , English bishop

''probable''

--- Edmund Mortimer , English rebel (born 1376 )