Events of the year 1410 in Poland.
Incumbents
edit- Monarch: Władysław II Jagiełło
Events
editPolish-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
- 13 July
- 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
edit- Matthew of Cracov; Polish bishop and religious writer