1400s (decade)

The 1400s ran from January 1, 1400, to December 31, 1409.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s
Years:	1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409
Categories:	Births Deaths By country By topic Establishments Disestablishments

Events

1400

January–December

• January – Henry IV of England quells the Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury, and the Baron le Despencer, for their attempt to have Richard II restored as king.
• February – Henry Percy (Hotspur) leads English incursions into Scotland.
• February 14 – The deposed Richard II of England dies by means unknown in Pontefract Castle. It is likely that King Henry IV ordered his death by starvation, to prevent further uprisings.
• March 23 – Five-year-old Trần Thiếu Đế is forced to abdicate as ruler of Đại Việt (modern-day Vietnam), in favour of his maternal grandfather and court official Hồ Quý Ly, ending the Trần Dynasty after 175 years and starting the Hồ Dynasty. Hồ Quý Ly subsequently changes the country's name to Đại Ngu.
• May – Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is declared as a rival to Wenceslaus, King of the Romans. However, Frederick is murdered shortly after.
• August
  • The English occupy Edinburgh in Scotland,[1] but fail to capture Edinburgh Castle.
  • The princes of the German states vote to depose Wenceslaus as King of the Romans, due to his weak leadership and mental illnesses.
• August 21 – Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, is elected as King of the Romans.
• September 16 – Owain Glyndŵr is proclaimed Prince of Wales by his followers, and begins attacking English strongholds in north-east Wales.
• November 11 – Siege of Aleppo (1400) during Timur's conquest of Syria.
• December – Manuel II Palaiologos becomes the only Byzantine Emperor ever to visit England.

Date unknown

• Timur defeats both the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, to capture the city of Damascus in present-day Syria. Much of the city's inhabitants are subsequently massacred by Timur's troops.
• Timur conquers the Empire of The Black Sheep Turkomans, in present-day Azerbaijan, and the Jalayirid Dynasty in present-day Iraq. Black Sheep ruler Qara Yusuf and Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad flee, and take refuge with the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I.
• In modern-day Korea, King Jeongjong of Joseon abdicates in fear of an attack by his ambitious younger brother, Taejong. Taejong succeeds to the throne.
• Prince Parameswara establishes the Malacca Sultanate, in present-day western Malaysia and northern Sumatra.
• Hananchi succeeds Min as King of Hokuzan, in modern-day north Okinawa, Japan.
• Wallachia (modern-day southern Romania) resists an invasion by the Ottomans.
• A Wallachian army captures Iuga, and makes Alexandru cel Bun the Prince of Moldavia.
• The Kingdom of Kongo begins.
• The Haast's eagle and Moa are both driven to extinction by Māori hunters.
• The Mississippian culture starts to decline.
• Europe is reported to have around 52 million inhabitants.
• The House of Medici becomes powerful in Florence.
• Newcastle upon Tyne is created a county corporate, by Henry IV of England.
• Jean Froissart completes his Chronicles, detailing the events of the 14th Century in France.

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Significant people

Births

• 1400 – Johannes Gutenberg, credited with inventing movable type printing in Europe.
• 1401 – Catherine of Valois, Queen consort of England from 1420 until 1422.
• 1401 – Emperor Shōkō, the 101st emperor of Japan.
• 1403 – Charles VII of France, King of France from 1422 until his death in 1461.
• 1404 – Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451.
• 1404 – Gilles de Rais, murderous French noble considered by some historians to be a precursor of the modern serial killer.
• 1405 – Skanderbeg, Albanian National Hero, Athleta Christi, the Defender of Christian Europe. (d. 1468)
• 1405 – Constantine XI, the last reigning Roman Emperor.
• 1405 – Thomas Malory, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur.
• 1405 – Pope Pius II, Pope from 1458 until his death in 1464.
• 1409 – Charles VIII of Sweden, king of Sweden for three separate reigns between 1448 and 1470.

Deaths

• 1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer, viewed as father of English literature ((b. c. 1343))
• 1400 – Richard II, deposed King of England, died in captivity.
• 1402 – The Jianwen Emperor, second Emperor of the Ming dynasty, killed in a coup.
• 1403 – Bayezid I, deposed sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died in captivity.
• 1404 – Pope Boniface IX.
• 1405 – Timur, also known as Tamerlane, Turco-Mongol conqueror, died of plague while invading China.
• 1406 – Robert III, King of Scots, allegedly died of grief.
• 1406 – Pope Innocent VII, died suddenly amidst rumours of foul play, of which no evidence was ever found.

References

1. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 115–117. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.