1410 in Poland

Events of the year 1410 in Poland.

Incumbents

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
  • 13 July: Dąbrówno (with its important Teutonic fortress) is conquered; the Teutonic order moves its army towards the village of Grunwald
  • 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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