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1412 in poetry |
| 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
January–December
- Papacy.
- January 25 – Ernest, Duke of Austria, marries Cymburgis of Masovia.
- February 28 – The University of St Andrews in Scotland is granted a charter of privilege by the local bishop.[1]
- July 24 – Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.[2]
- 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.
- Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgians under Constantine I of Georgia, and their ally Ibrahim I of Shirvan.
Date unknown
- The first mention is made of Wallachian knights competing in a jousting tournament, in Buda.
- 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 gunpowder warfare, the Huolongjing.
- The Black Death sweeps England for a final time, in a 60-year period.
Births
- 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)
- 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
- March – )
- Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Castilian traveller and writer
- May 16 – Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan
- 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)[3]
- date unknown – Ignatius Abraham bar Garib, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin[4]
- date unknown – Jalal ad-Din khan, khan of the Golden Horde
References
- ^ "Mediaeval university" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- Barsoum, Ephrem(2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. p. 497.
- ^ 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.