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1441

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

Year 1441 was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

EVENTS OF 1441

King's College , University Of Cambridge , is founded by King Henry VI .

Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Empire .

Two Ethiopia ns 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 .

The Republic Of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna , ending the Da Polenta dynasty.

BIRTHS

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

DEATHS

January 14 - Corrado IV Trinci , former lord of Foligno

July 9 - Jan Van Eyck , Dutch painter

July 12 - Ashikaga Yoshinori , Japanese shogun (born 1394 )