1414 (MCDXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1414
January 7 – Michael Küchmeister von Sternberg becomes the 28th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. August 6 – Joan II succeeds her brother Ladislas as Queen of Naples. November 16 – Council of Constance begins. The Habsburg Duke Ernest the Iron (1377-1424) is the last duke to be enthroned according to the ancient Karantanian ritual of installing dukes on the Duke's Stone. Alien priory cells are suppressed.
Births
May 14 – Francis I, Duke of Brittany (died 1450) July 21 – Pope Sixtus IV (died 1484) August 18 – Jami, Persian poet (died 1492) November 9 – Albert III, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1486) date unknown Charles I, Count of Nevers, Count of Nevers and Rethel (died 1464) Shubun, Japanese painter in the Muromachi period and a Zen Buddhist monk (died 1463) probable – Narsinh Mehta, poet-saint of Gujarat (died 1481)
Deaths
February 19 – Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1353) August 6 – King Ladislas of Naples (born 1377) September 1 – William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (born 1369) date unknown Tewodros I of Ethiopia, Emperor of Ethiopia Fairuzabadi, Arab lexicographer (born 1329) Jurjani, Arabian encyclopaedic writer (born 1339) John I Stanley of the Isle of Man, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, King of the Isle of Man (born 1350) probable – Zyndram z Maszkowic, Polish 14th and 15th century knight (born 1355)