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1412| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1412 | France [political theory] | Italian-born French writer Christine de Pisan writes Le Livre de paix/The Book of Peace, a treatise on government. | | 18 May 1412 | England, France, Burgundy, Holy Roman Empire [treaties] | By the Treaty of Eltham, King Henry IV of England makes an alliance with the ‘Armagnacs’ (supporters of the late Louis, Duke of Orléans) against the duchy of Burgundy, France. | | 28 June 1412 | Aragon, Spain [political events] | A commission ends the succession dispute in Aragon by electing Ferdinand, uncle and regent of King John II of Castile and León, as king. | | 27 November 1412 | Denmark, Norway, Sweden [births and deaths] | Margaret I, regent of Denmark 1375–97, Norway 1380–89, and Sweden 1388–97, thereafter effective ruler of all three countries through her son Erik VIII, dies in Flensburg, now in Germany (c. 59). |
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