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1414 (MCDXIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1414th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 414th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 15th century, and the 5th year of the 1410s decade. As of the start of 1414, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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.

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)

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, 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)