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These are some important events that happened in the years from 1401 to 1410. It is distinct from the decade known as the
141th decade
which began on January 1, 1401. and ended on December 31, 1410.
See the main article:
1400
- January 5 –
John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
, English politician (executed)
- January 5 –
Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey
, English politician (executed)
- 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)
- April 28 –
Baldus de Ubaldis
, Italian jurist
- June 5 –
Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
, rival
Holy Roman Emperor
- October 25 –
Geoffrey Chaucer
, English poet
- December 24 –
Archibald the Grim
, Scottish magnate
- Narayana Pandit
, Indian mathematician
- February 9 –
Constantine XI
, last
Byzantine Emperor
- February 18 –
Leon Battista Alberti
, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher
- March 25 – (baptism) –
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
, English military leader
- June –
Murad II
,
Ottoman Sultan
- July 25 –
Philip I, Duke of Brabant
- September 10 –
Gilles de Rais
, French aristocrat
- October 14 –
Marie of Anjou
, queen of
Charles VII of France
- Yamana S?zen
, Japanese warlord and monk
- April 10 – The fifth
Karmapa
finally visits the
Ming Dynasty
capital, then at
Nanjing
.
- November 23 – The Duke of Orleans is killed; war starts again between the
Burgundians
and his followers.
- Rudolfo Belenzani leads a revolt against Bishop Georg von Liechtenstein in
Trento
,
Italy
.