1409

Year 1409 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1409

* January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English.
* March 25 - The Council of Pisa opens.
* July - Martin I of Aragon succeeds his own son as King of Sicily.
* December 2 - The University of Leipzig opens.
* Ulugh Beg becomes governor of Samarkand.
* Venice buys the port of Zadar from Hungary.
* Cheng Ho (or Zheng He), admiral of Ming empire fleet, deposes the king of Sri Lanka.

Births

* February 28 - Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)
* March 2 - John II of Alençon, French soldier (d. 1476)
*"date unknown"
**Bernardo Rossellino, Florentine sculptor and architect
*"probable"
**Charles VIII, King of Sweden

Deaths

* May 13 - Jan z Tarnowa, Polish nobleman
* May 22 - Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V (b. 1392)
* July 25 - King Martin I of Sicily (b. 1374)
*"date unknown"
**Thomas Merke, English bishop
*"probable"
**Edmund Mortimer, English rebel (b. 1376)