1412

June 28: The declaration of the Compromise of Caspe is read aloud, proclaiming Ferdinand to be the King of Aragon, ending a two-year dispute.
1412 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1412
MCDXII
Ab urbe condita2165
Armenian calendar861
ԹՎ ՊԿԱ
Assyrian calendar6162
Balinese saka calendar1333–1334
Bengali calendar818–819
Berber calendar2362
English Regnal year13 Hen. 4 – 14 Hen. 4
Buddhist calendar1956
Burmese calendar774
Byzantine calendar6920–6921
Chinese calendar辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit)
4109 or 3902
    — to —
壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
4110 or 3903
Coptic calendar1128–1129
Discordian calendar2578
Ethiopian calendar1404–1405
Hebrew calendar5172–5173
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1468–1469
 - Shaka Samvat1333–1334
 - Kali Yuga4512–4513
Holocene calendar11412
Igbo calendar412–413
Iranian calendar790–791
Islamic calendar814–815
Japanese calendarŌei 19
(応永19年)
Javanese calendar1326–1327
Julian calendar1412
MCDXII
Korean calendar3745
Minguo calendar500 before ROC
民前500年
Nanakshahi calendar−56
Thai solar calendar1954–1955
Tibetan calendarལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་
(female Iron-Hare)
1538 or 1157 or 385
    — to —
ཆུ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་
(male Water-Dragon)
1539 or 1158 or 386

Year 1412 (MCDXII) was a leap year starting on Friday on the Julian calendar.

Events

January–March

April–June

  • 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 16 – Gian Maria Visconti, the Duke of Milan since 1402, is assassinated in front of the church of San Gottardo in Milan by a party of Milanese Ghibellines on the orders of his terminally ill rival, Facino Cane. Visconti is stabbed in the leg and then in his head.[5] Filippo Maria Visconti, Gian Maria's son, becomes the new Duke of Milan.
  • May 18 – The Treaty of Bourges is signed between King Henry IV of England and Charles, Duke of Orléans, as the Armagnacs offer England full sovereignty over Aquitaine and Gascony in return for 4,000 troops and military aid against the Burgundians and John the Fearless.[6]
  • 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.[7]
  • 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.[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • June 28 – As the Compromise of Carpe is read aloud by Friar Vicent Ferrer before a crowd, Ferdinand I is proclaimed as the King of Aragon by the deleagates at Caspe.[10]

July–September

  • July 24 – Behnam Hadloyo becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Mardin.[11]
  • August 14 – The Peace of Auxerre is signed between the Duchy of Burgundy and the Armagnacs, betrothing Philip, Count of Vertus, younger brother of the late Louis I, Duke of Orléans to marry Catherine of Burgundy, the daughter of John the Fearless. The marriage never takes place.
  • August 24 – The Battle of Motta is fought when the Republic of Venice is forced to defend an invasion by an invading army of Hungarians, Germans and Croats.Townsend, George Henry (1862). The manual of dates. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) The invading force suffers a heavy defeat, losing 1,300 killed and 400 others captured.[12][13]
  • September 3 – King Ferdinand I of Aragon is declared Count of Barcelona.

October–December

  • October 5 – (29th day of 8th month Ōei 19) 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.[14]
  • 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.[7]
  • November 8 – (5th waxing of Nadaw 774 ME) Ava–Hanthawaddy War: In what is now Myanmar, King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy leads the invasion of the city of Prome with 4,000 troops.[15]
  • December 1 – King Henry IV of England issues a summons of the English Parliament for his final time, directing the members of Commons and the House of Lords to asemble on February 3.
  • December 18 – China's Emperor Cheng Zu orders the fourth of the Ming treasure voyages, to be led by Admiral Zheng He.[16]
  • 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

  • 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.

Births

  • 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

References

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