1441

1441 (MCDXLI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1441st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 441st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 15th century, and the 2nd year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1441, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

• King's College, University of Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI.
• Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Empire.
• Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesiastical council at Florence, as part of the negotiations concerning a possible union of Coptic and Roman Catholic Christianity. This is the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian Church with Europe.
• Revolt in Yucatán capital Mayapan; Maya civilization falls into warring city-states.
• Christopher of Bavaria succeeds Karl Knutsson Borde as king of Sweden.
• Alfonso V of Aragon captures Naples after a five-month siege.
• 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.
• The Republic of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna, ending the Da Polenta dynasty.

• February 9 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, politician and poet (died 1501)

• January 14 – Corrado IV Trinci, former lord of Foligno
• July 9 – Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter
• July 12 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (born 1394)