1441
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 Ethiopians 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.
A revolt occurs in the Yucatán capital Mayapan; the Maya civilization splits 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 (d. 1501)
Deaths
January 14 - Corrado IV Trinci, former lord of Foligno
July 9 - Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter
July 12 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
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