1409

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Years: 1406 1407 1408 - 1409 - 1410 1411 1412

Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English.
• March 25 - The Council of Pisa opens.
• Martin I of Aragon becomes King of Sicily
• Ulugh Beg becomes governor of Samarkand
• Venice buys the port of Zadar from Hungary

Births

• January 16 - King René I of Naples (died 1480)
• February 9 - Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (died 1453)
• March 2 - John II of Alençon, French soldier (d. 1476)
• Bernardo Rossellino, Florentine sculptor and architect
• Charles VIII, King of Sweden

Deaths

• July 25 - King Martin I of Sicily (born 1374)
• Thomas Merke, English bishop
• Edmund Mortimer, English rebel (born 1376)
• Jan z Tarnowa, Polish nobleman