1409

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), admiral of Ming empire fleet, 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 (b. 1392)
• July 25 - King Martin I of Sicily (b. 1374)
• date unknown
• Thomas Merke, English bishop
• probable
• Edmund Mortimer, English rebel (b. 1376)