1412
year
Year 1412 (MCDXII) was a leap year starting on Friday on the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
January 16 – The Medici family are made official bankers of the Papacy.
January 25 – Ernest, Duke of Austria, marries Cymburgis of Masovia.
January 29 – The "Mining Code" (Zakon o Rudnishma) is enacted in Serbia by the Despot Stefan Lazarević to regulate the extraction of minerals.
February 15 – The Alcañiz Concord is reached in the Spanish Aragonese city of Alcañiz to have a group of nine delegates choose an undisputed King of Aragon.
February 27 – Battle of Morvedre: In the Spanish Kingdom of Valencia, supporters of Ferdinand of Antequera defeat those of James II, Count of Urgell.
February 28 – The University of St Andrews in Scotland is granted a charter of privilege by the local bishop.
March 15 – Treaty of Lubowla: After the Peace of Thorn (1411), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Heinrich von Plauen asks Sigismund of Hungary for economic aid. Sigismund agrees to mediate reduction to the third installment, demarcation of the Samogitian border, and other matters, with a grand tournament. Hunts and lavish feasts are also organized.
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