Year 1409 (MCDIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
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January–March
- January 1 – The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English.
- January 18 – The Decree of Kutná Hora strengthens the Bohemian nation at the cost of foreign, mostly German speaking students at the University of Prague. Over a thousand students leave Prague as a consequence, choosing instead the universities of Heidelberg and the new University of Leipzig established later in the year.
- February 15 – The Galle Trilingual Inscription, with inscriptions in three languages (Chinese, Tamil and Persian) is installed by the Chinese admiral Zheng He at Galle in Sri Lanka, where he has stopped while on his way home during the second of his treasure voyages.
- February 24 РTraveling in Valencia in Aragon, Father Joan Gilabert Jofr̩, known as "Padre Jofr̩", witnesses a mentally ill man being beaten by two young attackers. After rescuing the victim, Jofr̩ resolves to create the Hospital dels Ignoscents, the world's first psychiatric hospital.
- March 25 – On the day of the Feast of the Annunciation, the Council of Pisa opens at the Cathedral of Pisa with 22 cardinals, four patriarchs and 80 bishops to seek an end to the Western Schism and resolve the conflict between Pope Gregory XII of the Rome and Antipope Benedict XIII of Avignon.
April–June
July–September
October–December
Date unknown
Births
- January 16 РRen̩ of Anjou, king of Naples (d. 1480)
- March 2 РJean II, Duke of Alen̤on, son of John I of Alen̤on and Marie of Brittany (d. 1476)
- March 12 – Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra, Portuguese Duchess (d. 1459)
- September 13 РJoan of Valois, Duchess of Alen̤on, French duchess (d. 1432)
- October 1 – Karl Knutsson Bonde, King of Sweden (d. 1470)
- October 7 – Elizabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1442)
- October 21 – Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (d. 1473)
- date unknown – Bernardo Rossellino, Florentine sculptor and architect
Deaths
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