1418

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1380s  1390s  1400s  – 1410s –  1420s  1430s  1440s
Years:	1415 1416 1417 – 1418 – 1419 1420 1421

1418 Media

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  John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, is assassinated shortly after taking control of Paris, setting off a massacre of thousands of the Armagnacs who supported King Charles

1418 (MCDXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1418th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 418th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1410s decade. As of the start of 1418, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• May 19 – Capture of Paris by John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
• September – Beginning of English Siege of Rouen
• Mircea I of Wallachia, is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul.
• The first Portuguese settlers move to Madeira Islands.

Births

• December 12 – Archduke Albert VI of Austria (died 1463)
• date unknown – Peter II, Duke of Brittany (died 1457)

Deaths

• March 22 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
• June 2 – Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile
• June 12 – Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360)
• November 25 – Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (born 1401)
• December 11 – Louis of Piedmont (born 1364)
• date unknown
  • Ixtlilxochitl I, ruler of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, and ally of the Aztecs
  • Mircea I of Wallachia, ruler of Wallachia (since 1386)