1441

January–December

• February – The Republic of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna, ending the da Polenta Dynasty.
• February 12 – King's College, Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI of England.
• March 1 – Battle of Samobor: The army of Ulrich II, Count of Celje, defeats the army of Stjepan Banić at Samobor, Croatia in union with Hungary.
• November 10 – Alfonso V of Aragon lays siege to Naples.
• November 20 – The Peace of Cremona ends the war between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan.

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• Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Kingdoms.
• Two subjects of the Ethiopian Empire attend a Christian ecclesiastical council at Florence as part of negotiations concerning a possible union of Coptic Orthodoxy and the Latin Church. This is the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian branch of the Coptic Church with Europe.
• A revolt occurs in the Mayan nation of Mayapan; the Maya civilization splits into warring city-states.
• With the help of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, governor Hacı I Giray declares his province independent of the Golden Horde and establishes the Crimean Khanate.
• Nuno Tristão reaches the Ras Nouadhibou on the western coast of Africa. This is probably the first voyage where a caravel is used for maritime exploration.
• The first black African slaves are brought to Europe at Lagos in Kingdom of Portugal.