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1441

CATEGORIES ABOUT 1441

SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

EVENTS

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 .

BIRTHS

DEATHS

July 9 - Jan Van Eyck , Dutch painter

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