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{{Year nav|1441}} {{Year in various calendars|1441}} {{Year article header|1441}} == Events == * [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]], [[University of Cambridge]], is founded by [[King Henry VI]]. * [[Ouagadougou]] becomes the capital of the [[Mossi|Mossi Empire]]. * Two [[Ethiopia]]ns attend an ecclesiastical council at [[Florence]], as part of the negotiations concerning a possible union of [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]] and [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[Christianity]]. This is the earliest recorded contact of the [[Ethiopian Church]] with Europe. * Revolt in [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]] capital [[Mayapan]]; [[Maya civilization]] falls into warring city-states. * [[Christopher of Bavaria]] succeeds [[Charles VIII of Sweden|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 I Giray|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 [[Polentani|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]]) [[Category:1441| ]]