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| Gregorian calendar | 1441 MCDXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2194 |
| Armenian calendar | 890 ԹՎ ՊՂ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6191 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1362–1363 |
| Bengali calendar | 847–848 |
| Berber calendar | 2391 |
| English Regnal year | 19 Hen. 6 – 20 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1985 |
| Burmese calendar | 803 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6949–6950 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4138 or 3931 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4139 or 3932 |
| Coptic calendar | 1157–1158 |
| Discordian calendar | 2607 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1433–1434 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5201–5202 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1497–1498 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1362–1363 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4541–4542 |
| Holocene calendar | 11441 |
| Igbo calendar | 441–442 |
| Iranian calendar | 819–820 |
| Islamic calendar | 844–845 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyō 13 / Kakitsu 1 (嘉吉元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1356–1357 |
| Julian calendar | 1441 MCDXLI |
| Korean calendar | 3774 |
| Minguo calendar | 471 before ROC 民前471年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −27 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1983–1984 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1567 or 1186 or 414 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1568 or 1187 or 415 |
Year 1441 (MCDXLI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- February – The Republic of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna, ending the Da Polenta dynasty.
- February 12 – King's College, Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI of England.
- November 10 – Alfonso V of Aragon lays siege to Naples.
Date unknown
- Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Kingdoms.
- Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesiastical council at Florence, as part of the negotiations concerning a possible union of Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity. This is the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian Church with Europe.
- A revolt occurs in the Yucatán capital Mayapan; the Maya civilization splits into warring city-states.
- With the help of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, governor Haci Giray declares his province independent of the Golden Horde and establishes the Crimean Khanate.
- Nuno Tristão reaches the Cabo Branco in the western coast of Africa. This is probably the first voyage where a caravel is used for maritime exploration.
- The first black African slaves are brought to Europe, at Lagos in Portugal.
Births
- February 9 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, politician and poet (d. 1501)
- June 25 – Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1478–1484) (d. 1484)
- June 27 – John III of Nassau-Weilburg, German nobleman (d. 1480)
- July 23 – Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1457)
- November 11 – Charlotte of Savoy, French queen (d. 1483)
Deaths
- January 14 – Corrado IV Trinci, former lord of Foligno
- July 9 – Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter
- July 12 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)