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| Gregorian calendar | 1412 MCDXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2165 |
| Armenian calendar | 861 ԹՎ ՊԿԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6162 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1333–1334 |
| Bengali calendar | 819 |
| Berber calendar | 2362 |
| English Regnal year | 13 Hen. 4 – 14 Hen. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1956 |
| Burmese calendar | 774 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6920–6921 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4109 or 3902 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4110 or 3903 |
| Coptic calendar | 1128–1129 |
| Discordian calendar | 2578 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1404–1405 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5172–5173 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1468–1469 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1333–1334 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4512–4513 |
| Holocene calendar | 11412 |
| Igbo calendar | 412–413 |
| Iranian calendar | 790–791 |
| Islamic calendar | 814–815 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 19 (応永１９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1326–1327 |
| Julian calendar | 1412 MCDXII |
| Korean calendar | 3745 |
| Minguo calendar | 500 before ROC 民前500年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −56 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1954–1955 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1538 or 1157 or 385 — to — 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1539 or 1158 or 386 |
Year 1412 (MCDXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) on the Julian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–March
[edit]- January 16 – The Medici Family are made official bankers of the Papacy.
- January 25 – Ernest, Duke of Austria, marries Cymburgis of Masovia.
- January 29 – The "Mining Code" (Zakon o Rudnishma) is enacted in Serbia by the Despot Stefan Lazarević to regulate the extraction of minerals.[1]
- February 15 – The Alcañiz Concord is reached in the Spanish Aragonese city of Alcañiz to have a group of nine delegates choose an undisputed King of Aragon.
- February 27 – Battle of Morvedre: In the Spnaish Kingdom of Valencia, supporters of Ferdinand of Antequera defeat those of James II, Count of Urgell.[2]
- February 28 – The University of St Andrews in Scotland is granted a charter of privilege by the local bishop.[3]
- March 29 – Compromise of Caspe: Nine delegates are chosen in Spain in the town of Caspe to arrive at an agreement to resolve the question of which of six relatives of the late King Martin on May 31, 1410. should be the new King of Aragon.
April–June
[edit]- April 12 – Albert V, son of the former King of Sweden, Duke Albert IV, becomes the Duke of Mecklenburg (now part of Germany upon the death of his father.
- May 7 – In Cairo, Abu’l-Faḍl Abbas Al-Musta'in, the Caliph of Cairo, is installed by rebels as the new Sultan of Egypt as a temporary replacement for his father, the Sultan An-Nasir Faraj.[4] Al-Musta'in serves as the puppet ruler for six months before he returns to full time duty as the Caliph
- May 23 – An-Nasir Faraj, the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria, is stabbed to death in Damascus after surrendering to the Emirs of Syria. Nawruz al-Hafizi becomes ruler of the Syrian provinces and Faraj's son Al-Musta'in is confirmed as ruler of the Egyptian territory.[5]
- June 14 – The Antipope John XXIII signs an agreement with King Ladislaus of Naples, paying him 75,000 florins (262.5 kg or 9,375 oz. of gold), investing Ladislaus with the Neapolitan crown, and naming him as Gonfalonier of the Church within the Papal States. In return, King Ladislaus agrees to expel Pope Benedict XII from Naples and to recognize John as the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.[6]
- June 24 – Compromise of Caspe: By a vote of nine delegates (three each from the Kingdom of Aragon, the Kingdom of Valencia and the Principality of Catalonia), Ferdinand of Antequera is selected as the new King of Aragon and King of Sicily, after a two year succession crisis that arose from 1410 death of King Martin.[7]
- June 28 – As the Compromise of Carpe is read aloud before a crowd, Ferdinand I is proclaimed as the King of Aragon by the deleagates at Caspe.[8]
July–September
[edit]- July 24 – Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.[9]
- September 3 – King Ferdinand I of Aragon is declared Count of Barcelona.
October–December
[edit]- October 5 – Emperor Go-Komatsu abdicates, and Emperor Shoko accedes to the throne of Japan.
- October 28 – Eric of Pomerania becomes sole ruler of the Kalmar Union (Sweden, Denmark and Norway), upon the death of Queen Margaret.[10]
- November 6 – The rebel Emir Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh becomes the new Mamluk Sultan of Egypt by forcing the reigning Sultan Al-Musta'in, to abdicate. Shaykh allows Al-Musta'in to continue as Caliph of Cairo.[5]
- December – Battle of Chalagan: The Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgians under Constantine I of Georgia, and their ally Ibrahim I of Shirvan.
Date unknown
[edit]- The first mention is made of Wallachian knights competing in a jousting tournament, in Buda.
- John II of Castile declares the Valladolid laws, that restrict the social rights of Jews. Among many other restrictions, the laws force Jews to wear distinctive clothes, and deny them administrative positions.
- Years after its publication in the 14th century, the Ming Dynasty Chinese artillery officer Jiao Yu adds the preface to his classic book on gunpowder warfare, the Huolongjing.
- The Black Death sweeps England for a final time, in a 60-year period.
Births
[edit]- January 6 – Joan of Arc, French soldier and saint (tradition holds that she was born on the Feast of the Epiphany, but there is no documentary evidence) (d. 1431)
- January 26 – William IV, Lord of Egmont, IJsselstein, Schoonderwoerd and Haastrecht and Stadtholder of Guelders (d. 1483)
- April 22 – Reinhard III, Count of Hanau (1451–1452) (d. 1452)
- June 5 – Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (d. 1478)
- August 22 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and Margrave of Meissen (1428–1464) and Landgrave of Thuringia (1440–1445) (d. 1464)
- November 17 – Zanobi Strozzi, Italian painter (d. 1468)
- December 8 – Astorre II Manfredi, Italian noble (d. 1468)
Deaths
[edit]- March – Albrekt of Mecklenburg, king of Sweden 1364–1389 (b. 1336)
- April 2 – Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Castilian traveller and writer
- May 16 – Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan
- August 6 – Margherita of Durazzo, Queen consort of Charles III of Naples (b. 1347)
- September 14 – Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (b. 1356)
- October 28 – Margaret I of Denmark, queen regnant of Denmark of Norway since 1387 and of Sweden since 1389 (b. 1353)[11]
- date unknown – Ignatius Abraham bar Garib, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin[12]
- date unknown – Jalal ad-Din khan, khan of the Golden Horde
References
[edit]- ^ Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. pp. 507, 569.
- ^ El libro de la provincia de Castellón
- ^ "Mediaeval university" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ^ Holt, Peter Malcolm (1993). "Al-Musta'in (II)". The Encyclopaedia of Islam: New Edition. Vol. VII (Mif – Naz) (2nd ed.). Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 723. ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2.
- ^ a b Muir, William (1896). The Mameluke; or, Slave dynasty of Egypt, 1260-1517, A. D. Smith, Elder and Co.
- ^ Kiesewetter, A. "LADISLAO d'Angiò Durazzo, re di Sicilia". Dizionario Enciclopedico degli Italiani. Enciclopedia Italiana. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
- ^ Zurita, Jerome (1562). "87". Anales de la Corona de Aragón [Annals of the Crown of Aragon]. Vol. XI.
- ^ Bonneaud, Pierre (1999). "Le Rôle politique des ordres militaires dans la Couronne d'Aragón pendant l'interrègne de 1410 à 1412 à travers les Anales de Zurita". Aragón en la Edad Media. 14: 131–132.
- ^ Barsoum, Ephrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. p. 497.
- ^ Wakefield, Andrew. "Queen Margaret of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (1353–1412). 2005". Prof. Pavlac's Women's History Resource Site. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ Edward A. Thomas (1888). Comprehensive Dictionary of Biography: Containing Succinct Accounts of the Most Eminent Persons in All Ages, Countries, and Professions. Porter & Coates. p. 379.
- ^ Barsoum, Ephrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. p. 495.