1410 in Poland
Events of the year 1410 in Poland.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Władysław II Jagiełło
Events
Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War:
- 9 July: The Polish-Lithuanian army enters the territory of the Teutonic order
- 12 July: Emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg declares war on Poland; Działdowo conquered by the allied army
- 15 July: Battle of Grunwald: In one of the biggest battle of the Middle Ages the Polish-Lithuanian army defeats the Teutonic order; One of the battle's victims is the order's Grand master Ulrich von Jungingen
- 25 July: Beginning of the unsuccessful Siege of Malbork, quasi capital of the Teutonic state, to which the entire order fled after the lost battle
- 7 August: The town of Toruń is handed over to king Jagiełło after a three-week siege
- 31 August: The town of Grudziądz with its important Teutonic fortress is conquered by the Polish army
- 19 September: Jagiełło withdraws from Malbork
- September: The army of Sigismund of Luxemburg invades Poland
- 29 September: Jagiełło passes through Toruń
- 31 October: Grudziądz reconquered by the Teutonic order; the same happens to the other fortresses won earlier by the Polish army
Deaths
- Matthew of Cracov; Polish bishop and religious writer
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