1411

Year 1411 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1411

* February 11 - The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights
* July 24 - The Battle of Harlaw is fought between Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles and an army commanded by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar.
* September 21 - King Henry IV of England calls his ninth parliament.
* "date unknown"
** The University of St. Andrews is founded by a papal bull.
** Under the Yongle Emperor of Ming China, work begins to reinstate the ancient Grand Canal of China, which fell into disuse and dilapidation during the previous Yuan Dynasty. Between 1411 and 1415, a total of 165,000 laborers dredge the canal bed in Shandong, build new channels, embankments, and canal locks. Four large reservoirs in Shandong are also dug in order to regulate water levels instead of resorting to pumping water from local tables. A large dam is also constructed to divert water from the Wen River southwest into the Grand Canal.

Births

* September 21 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460)
*"date unknown"
** Juan de Mena, Spanish poet (d. 1456)

Deaths

* June 3 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371)
* September - Anne de Mortimer, Countess of Cambridge (b. 1390)
* November 4 - Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxiana (b. 1384)
*"probable"
** Hasdai Crescas, Jewish philosopher