1441

Events 
 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.
 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.
 The Republic of Venice annexes the  seigniory of Ravenna, ending the 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)