January–March •
January 19 – Upon the death of
Prince Sigismund of
Anhalt-Dessau (now within the federal state of
Saxony-Anhalt in southeastern Germany), his four sons Waldemar IV, George, Albert V and Sigismund II become the joint rulers of the principality. Upon the death of Waldemar in 1417, Sigismund in 1452, and Albert in 1469,
George I will reign alone for five more years until his death in
1474. •
February 20 –
Khalil Sultan becomes the new ruler of the western side of the Timurid Empire upon the death of his grandfather, the Mongol conqueror
Timur, while the son of Timur,
Shah Rukh, becomes the ruler of the eastern side. •
March 18 – News reaches the Timurid Empire that Timur has died, and a period of mourning begins as he is interred at the
Gur-e-Amir mausoleum in
Samarkand, now in the Republic of
Uzbekistan. •
March 21 –
John the Fearless, already Duke of Burgundy, becomes the
Count of Flanders upon the death of his mother,
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, bringing the French speakers of Burgundy and the Flemish speaking citizens of Flanders under common rule in what will later become the
Kingdom of Belgium. •
March 31 –
Antonio I Acciaioli,
Duke of Athens, reaches an agreement with the
Venetian Senate and with
Michele Steno,
Doge of Venice, for payment of
reparations to Venice in return for being able to continue ruling Athens.
April–June •
April 11 – The three sons of
Philip the Bold—
John the Fearless, Philip II, and Anthony— agree at Arras to partition the Burgundian lands of their father between themselves, with John to retain
Flanders, Philip to take the
County of Nevers, and Anthony to retain
Rethel as well to purchase the
Duchy of Brabant from John. •
May 5 – At the
Battle of Pwll Melyn, fought in
Wales,
Baron Grey of Codnor routs the Welsh rebels commanded by two sons and the brother of the rebel leader
Owain Glyndwr. Owain's eldest son,
Gruffud, is taken as a
prisoner of war by the English, while the brother,
Tudur ap Gruffudd, is killed in action. •
May 29 – In
England,
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, meets
Richard le Scrope,
Archbishop of York and
Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in
Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their
rebellious army home, and then imprisons them. •
June 8 –
Richard le Scrope,
Archbishop of York and
Thomas Mowbray,
Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on
Henry IV's orders.
July–September •
July 11 –
Ming Dynasty fleet commander
Zheng He sets sail from
Suzhou, to
explore the world for the first time. •
August 29 –
Cardinal Angelo Acciaioli is appointed by
Pope Innocent VII to be the
Grand Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, filling a vacancy that has existed since the death of
Francesco Moricotti Prignani in 1394. •
September 20 –
An-Nasir Faraj, the
Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria, flees
Cairo and names his brother
Izz al-Din Abd al-Aziz as the
regent during his absence. Faraj returns two months later and reclaims the throne.
October–December •
October 5 –
Christine de Pizan writes a letter to
Queen Isabeau, urging her to intervene in the political struggle between the dukes of
Burgundy and
Orléans. •
November – As an aftermath to the
War in Gotland (1403-1404),
Queen Margaret I buys the rights to
Visby for 8000 marks from
Albrecht of Mecklenburg during negotiations in
Flensburg. This strengthens the
Kalmar Union and pushes out the
Teutonic Order, angering grand master
Konrad von Jungingen. •
November 17 – The
Sultanate of Sulu is established on the
Sulu Archipelago, off the coast of
Mindanao in the
Philippines. •
November 22 – The
War of Padua in Italy comes to an end as
Padua and
Ferrara surrender to the armies of the
Venetian Republic, commanded by General
Malatesta IV. The Republic of Venice then annexes the territory of the defeated lordships. •
December 6 –
King Zsigmond of Hungary marries for the second time, in a wedding to
Barbara of Cilli. •
December 21 – King Henry IV of England summons the members of the "
Long Parliament", the sixth session of the English House of Commons and the House of Lords, to assemble at Westminster on "March 1, 1405", the "old style" date for March 1,
1406. •
December 27 – The Imperial Chinese Army invades the
Lan Na kingdom, covering an area now divided between
Myanmar,
Thailand and China's
Yunnan province.
Date unknown • The first record is written of
whiskey being consumed in
Ireland, where it is distilled by Catholic monks. •
Bellifortis, a book on military technology, is published by
Konrad Kyeser. •
Christine de Pizan writes
The Book of the City of Ladies. == Births ==