1408

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1408

EVENTS

December 13 - The Order Of The Dragon is officially formated under King Sigismund Of Hungary .

Henry, Prince Of Wales (later Henry V Of England ) retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr .

First mention of the Moldavia n town of Iaşi .

The '' Yongle Encyclopedia '' is completed.

Gotland passes under Danish rule.

BIRTHS

John FitzAlan, 14th Earl Of Arundel (died 1435 )

DEATHS

February 20 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl Of Northumberland , English statesman (born 1342 )

May 31 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu , Japanese shogun (born 1358 )

December 4 - Valentina Visconti , wife of Louis Of Valois, Duke Of Orléans

Matheos I Of Alexandria , Coptic Pope

Elizabeth Le Despenser , English noblewoman

John VII Palaeologus , Byzantine Emperor (born 1370 )

Miran Shah , son of Timur (born 1366 )