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

13 July

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

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