Editing 1441 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 12]] (([[Kakitsu|Kakitsu 1]], 24th day of the 6th month) – In [[Japan]], the ''[[Shōgun]]'' [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] is murdered by [[Akamatsu Mitsusuke]], who isupset that  Ashikaga has made Akamatsu Sadaura leader of the Akamatsu clan. Over the next 16 days, several  prominent nobles allied with Ashikaga are killed during the fighting including [[Kyōgoku Takakazu (d. 1441)|Kyōgoku Takakazu]], the [[Shugo]] of [[Yamashiro Province]] and Ōuchi Mochiyo (1394–1441), the head of the [[Ōuchi clan]]. After the fighting ceases, Yoshinori's 8-year-old son, [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]], is proclaimed as the new ''shōgun''.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA339,M1  p. 339]; Nussbaum, "''Kaikitsu-no-hen''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA456&dq=  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 456.]</ref>
* [[July 23]] – [[Al-Mustakfi II|Abū r-Rabīʿ Sulaymān al-Mustakfī bi-Llāh]], or Al-Mustakfi II, becomes the new [[List of Abbasid caliphs#Caliphs of Cairo (1261–1517)|Caliph of Cairo]] upon the death of his father, [[Al-Mu'tadid II]].<ref>[[Ludwig W. Adamec]] (2009), ''Historical Dictionary of Islam'', p.136. Scarecrow Press. {{ISBN|0810861615}}.</ref> 
* [[August 15]] – King [[Afonso V of Portugal]], the 9-year-old monarch since the [[1438]] death of his father, [[Edward, King of Portugal|King Duarte]], is formally [[betrothal|betrothed]] to his cousin, [[Isabel of Coimbra]], aged 10, as part of an arranged marriage planned by Isabel's father [[Peter, Duke of Coimbra|Pedro, Duke of Coimbra]], the King's regent. Their marriage does not take place until almost six years later, on May 6, 1447.
* [[August 26]] – Bishop [[Alberto da Sarteano]], who had been sent by the Vatican on a mission to seek the Ethiopian Coptic Christian Church to join with the Roman Catholic Church, returns to Rome with four [[Ethiopians]] who had been allowed to leave by the [[Ethiopian Empire|Emperor]] [[Zara Yaqob]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dg-8ZOeBqcYC&dq=Coucil+Florence+Ethiopians&pg=PA81|title=The European Outthrust and Encounter: The First Phase C.1400-c.1700 : Essays in Tribute to David Beers Quinn on His 85th Birthday|first1=David B.|last1=Quinn|first2=Cecil H.|last2=Clough|first3=P. E. H.|last3=Hair|first4=Paul Edward Hedley|last4=Hair|date=Jan 1, 1994|publisher=[[Liverpool University Press]|isbn=9780853232292 |accessdate=Dec 27, 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref> Two of the visitors the attend the [[Council of Florence]] to discuss the possible union of [[Coptic Orthodoxy]] and the [[Latin Church]], marking the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian Coptic Church with Europe.
* [[September 6]] – The [[Dutch–Hanseatic War]] concludes with the [[Treaty of Copenhagen (1441)|Treaty of Copenhagen]].<ref>''Historical Tables, 58 BC–AD 1985'', by S. H. Steinberg · 1986) p.97 ("1441, Sept. 6: Peace of Copenhagen between Hansa and Holland."</ref><ref>Ernst Robert Daenell, ''Die blütezeit der deutschen Hanse'' (Walter de Gruyter, 1905) p.320 ("Am 6. September 1441 wurde der Vertrag zwischen beiden geschlossen, in dem die Hollander den Presussen und Livlandern als Enstschadigung fur die Wegnahme der 22 Schiffe im Jarhre 1438...")("On 6 September 1441, the treaty was concluded between the two, in which the Dutch offered the Prussians and Livonians compensation for the capture of the 22 ships in 1438...")</ref>
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* [[September 13]] — The coronation of [[Christopher of Bavaria|King Christopher II of Denmark]] as King Cristoffer of Sweden takes place in [[Uppsala]].
* [[September 15]] – The Metropolitan Isidore of Kiev is allowed by Grand Prince Vasily II to escape from imprisonment in [[Moscow]], along with two of his disciples, [[Gregory the Bulgarian]] and Afanasy. He flees to [[Tver]] and then to [[Novogrudok]] and eventually to Rome.<ref name=Fennell/>
* [[September 19]] – The [[siege of Pontoise]] ends after four months, following a three-day final assault led by Marshal [[André de Laval-Montmorency]] and [[Jean V de Bueil|Jean de Bueil, Count of Sancerre]] of the French Army. More than 400 of the English defenders are killed, and hundreds of survivors taken prisoner, including their commander, [[John Clinton, 5th Baron Clinton|Baron Clinton]]. Because Pontoise was not surrendered, the property of the surivors is seized by the French and Clinton and most of his officers are held hostage until a ransom is paid. The English soldiers are not ransomed and are drowned in public instead.<ref name=Barker/>