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1419 CE

The University of Rostock is established in Germany by Albert V, Duke of Mecklenburg following approval in a papal bull from Pope Martin V. (26 Muharram 822 AH) Sultan al-Malik al-Nāsir of Yemen presents a set of Yemeni gifts for the Chinese envoy to Aden to take back to China's Emperor Cheng Zu, after having received gifts from the Chinese in January. The Ōei Invasion of Tsushima Island, Japan on orders of King Sejong of Korea, begins as General Yi Jong-mu leads 227 ships and 17,285 soldiers to come ashore at Asō Bay.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • March 19 – (26 Muharram 822 AH) Sultan al-Malik al-Nāsir of Yemen presents a set of Yemeni gifts for the Chinese envoy to Aden to take back to China's Emperor Cheng Zu, after having received gifts from the Chinese in January.source
  • May 14 – The Treaty of Torun ends the war between the Teutonic Knights and the Polish and Lithuanian Kingdom.source
  • August 24 – King Henry V of England directs the members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords to assemble at Westminster by October 16.source
  • October 16 – The first session, in almost two years, of the English Parliament is opened by King Henry V. The House of Commons re-elects Roger Flower as its speaker.source
  • November 7 – The Ottoman–Venetian peace treaty ends four years of conflict, by recognizing Venetian possessions in the Aegean and the Balkans.source
  • November 13 – The 1419 session of the English Parliament closes after four weeks.source

Conflict & Security

  • January 19 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, which brings Normandy under the control of England.source
  • April 25 – Representatives of the Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Uri and Unterwalden begin negotiations in Zurich with the Canton of Bern in an attempt to prevent the breakup of the Swiss Confederation. The negotiations soon fail.source
  • May 15 – Raron affair: In Switzerland, The representatives of Lucerne, Uri and Unterwalden leave Zurich and halt further discussion with Bern after failing to win any concessions.source
  • June 20 – The Ōei Invasion of Tsushima Island, Japan on orders of King Sejong of Korea, begins as General Yi Jong-mu leads 227 ships and 17,285 soldiers to come ashore at Asō Bay.source
  • June 26 – Ōei Invasion: A Japanese counterattack begins with 3,700 Korean invaders killed over the next six days.source
  • July 3 – The Ōei Invasion ends as the Korean soldiers withdraw from Tsushima and reassemble at Geoje Island.source
  • July 30 – The first defenestration of Prague occurs in the Kingdom of Bohemia when a mob led by Jan Želivský storms the Town Hall and kills several members of the town council by throwing them out of a window.source
  • August 17 – Siege of Ceuta: After four days of battle, the Portuguese defenders of the city of Ceuta are able to force a retreat of invaders from Morocco.source
  • September 10 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin.source
  • Mihail I defends Wallachia against the Ottomans, with Hungarian help.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • July 1 – Portuguese explorers João Gonçalves Zarco, Tristão Vaz Teixeira and Bartolomeu Perestrello, at the service of Prince Henry the Navigator, discover Madeira Island, a year after Zarco and Tristão had discovered Porto Santo Island.source
  • The final 41 treasure ships are built in the Nanjing shipyards for use in the expeditions of Zheng He.source

Religion & Belief

  • February 13 – The University of Rostock is established in Germany by Albert V, Duke of Mecklenburg following approval in a papal bull from Pope Martin V.source
  • March 14 – Braccio da Montone is awarded Governorship of Bologna by Pope Martin V in recognition of his ouster of Antongaleazzo Bentivoglio.source
  • May 10 – In Italy's Republic of Florence, the republic is elevated to the level of an archdioese by Pope Martin V, who spent 18 months in Florence after being elected by the Council of Constance. In recognition of the hospitality accorded to him, Pope Martin names Bishop Amerigo Corsini to be the first Archbishop of Florence.source
  • December 4 – Louis III of Anjou is invested by Pope Martin V as the new King of Sicily.source

Culture & Society

  • May 29 – King Henry V of England is betrothed to Princess Catherine of Valois, the 17-year-old daughter of King Charles VI of France, in negotiations in the neutral site of Pontoise, north of Paris, during a halt to hostilities in the war between the two kingdoms. Henry and Catherine will marry a little more than a year later, on June 2, 1420.source

Births

  • February 16 – John I, Duke of Cleves (d. 1481)source
  • February – Abu 'Amr 'Uthman, Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya (d. 1488)source
  • March 24 – Ginevra d'Este (d. 1440)source
  • June 24 – John of Sahagún, Spanish Augustinian friar, priest and saint (d. 1479)source
  • July 10 – Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471)source
  • November 1 – Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (d. 1485)source
  • Barbara Fugger, German banker (d. 1497)source
  • Abd al-Haqq II, last Marinid Sultan of Morocco (d. 1465)source

Deaths

  • February 11 – At Zaranj in modern-day Afghanistan, Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din becomes the new malik (monarch) of Sistan upon the death of his father, Qutb al-Din Muhammad ibn Shams al-Din Shah 'Ali.source
  • April 5 – Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)source
  • August 16 – Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, King of Bohemia since 1378 (b. 1361)source
  • August 16 – King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia dies of a heart attack at the age of 58, leading to the outbreak shortly thereafter of the Hussite Wars.source
  • September 10 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (b. 1371)source
  • December 17 – William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of Englandsource
  • Stella de’ Tolomei, Italian courtiersource
  • Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism (b. 1357)source