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Year '''1400''' was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
== Events of 1400 ==
* [[January]] - [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]] quells the [[Epiphany Rising]] and executes the [[Earl]]s of [[Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey|Kent]], [[John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter|Huntingdon]] and [[John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury|Salisbury]] and the [[Baron]] [[Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester|le Despencer]] for their attempt to have [[Richard II of England]] restored as King.
**[[14 February]] - [[Richard II of England]] dies by means unknown in [[Pontefract Castle]]. It is likely that King [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]] ordered the death of Richard by starvation to prevent further uprisings.
**[[August]] - The princes of the [[Germany|German]] states vote to depose [[Wenceslaus, King of the Romans|Wenceslaus]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] due to his weak leadership and his mental illnesses.
***[[21 August]] - [[Rupert of Germany|Rupert]], [[Count Palatine]] of the [[Rhine]], is elected as [[Holy Roman Emperor]].
* [[September 16]] - [[Owain Glyndŵr]] is proclaimed [[Prince of Wales]] by his followers and begins attacking [[England|English]] strongholds in north-east [[Wales]].
* [[December]] - [[Manuel II Palaiologos]] becomes the first (and last) [[Byzantine Emperor]] to visit [[England]].
* [[Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] is declared as a rival to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Wenceslaus, King of the Romans|Wenceslaus]]. However, Frederick is murdered shortly after.
* [[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 [[Kara Koyunlu|Empire of The Black Sheep Turkomans]], in present-day [[Armenia]], and the [[Jalayirids|Jalayirid]] Dynasty in present-day [[Iraq]]. Black Sheep ruler [[Qara Yusuf]] and Jalayirid Sultan [[Ahmad (Jalayirids)|Ahmad]] flee and take refuge with the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Sultan [[Bayezid I]].
* [[Scotland]] resists an [[England|English]] invasion led by [[Henry Percy|Harry Hotspur]].
* In present-day [[Korea]], King [[Jeongjong of Joseon]] abdicates in fear of an attack by his ambitious younger brother, [[Taejong of Joseon|Taejong]]. Taejong succeeds to the throne.
* Prince [[Parameswara]] establishes the [[Malacca Sultanate]] in present-day western [[Malaysia]] and northern [[Sumatra]].
* Five year old Tran An is forced to abdicate as ruler of Dai Viet (now [[Vietnam]]) in favour of his maternal grandfather Ho Quy Ly, ending the [[Tran Dynasty]] and starting the [[Hồ Dynasty]]. Ho Quy Ly subsequently changes the country's name to Dai Ngu.
* Hananchi succeeds Min as King of [[Hokuzan]] in present-day north [[Okinawa]], [[Japan]].
* [[Wallachia]] (now southern [[Romania]]) resists an invasion by the [[Ottomans]].
* [[Jean Froissart]] completes his ''[[Froissart's Chronicles|Chronicles]]'' detailing the events of the 14th Century in [[France]].
* The [[Medici]] family becomes powerful in [[Florence]].
* [[Europe]] is reported to have around 52 million inhabitants.
* The [[Kingdom of Kongo]] begins.
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==Births==
* [[January 13]] - [[Infante João of Portugal|Infante John of Portugal]], the [[Constable of Portugal|Constable]] (d. [[1442]])
* [[December 25]] - [[John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley]], Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. [[1487]])
*''date unknown''
**[[James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley]] (d. [[1459]])
**[[Luca della Robbia]], Florentine sculptor (d. [[1482]])
**[[Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine]] (d. [[1453]]).
**[[Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury]], English politician (d. [[1460]])
**[[Owen Tudor]], Welsh courtier (d. [[1461]])
**[[Rogier van der Weyden]] (other date is [[1399]])
==Deaths==
* [[January 5]]
**[[John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury]], English politician (executed)
**[[Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey]], English politician (executed) (b. [[1374]])
* [[January 13]] - [[Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester]], English politician (executed)
* [[January 16]] - [[John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter]], English politician (executed)
* [[February 14]] - King [[Richard II of England]] (probably murdered) (b. [[1367]])
* [[April 28]] - [[Baldus de Ubaldis]], Italian jurist (b. [[1327]])
* [[5 June]] - [[Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], rival [[Holy Roman Emperor]]
* [[October 25]] - [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], English poet
*''date unknown'' - [[Narayana Pandit]], Indian mathematician (b. [[1340]])
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