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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

Frederick, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg is declared as a rival to the Holy Roman Emperor to Emperor Wenceslaus . However, Frederick is murdered shortly after.

--- August - The princes of the German states vote to depose Wenceslaus as Holy Roman Emperor due to his weak leadership and his mental illnesses.

-- 21 August - Rupert , Count Palatine of the Rhine , is elected as Holy Roman Emperor .

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 Armenia 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 .

January - Henry IV quells the Epiphany Rising and executes the Earl s of Kent , Huntingdon and Salisbury and the Baron 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 ordered the death of Richard by starvation to prevent further uprisings.

September 16 - Owain Glyndŵr is proclaimed Prince Of Wales by his followers and begins attacking English strongholds in north-east Wales .

Scotland resists an English invasion led by Harry Hotspur .

In present-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 .

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 '' Chronicles '' detailing the events of the 14th Century in France .

The Medici family becomes powerful in Florence .

December - Manuel II Palaiologos becomes the first (and last) Byzantine Emperor to visit England .

Europe is reported to have around 52 million inhabitants.

BIRTHS

January 13 - Infante John Of Portugal , the Constable († 1442 )

December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1487 )

''date unknown''

--- James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley (died 1459 )

--- Luca Della Robbia , Florentine sculptor (died 1482 )

--- Isabella, Duchess Of Lorraine (died 1453 )

--- Richard Neville, 5th Earl Of Salisbury , English politician (died 1460 )

--- Owen Tudor , Welsh courtier (died 1461 )

DEATHS

January 5

--- John Montacute, 3rd Earl Of Salisbury , English politician (executed)

--- Thomas Holland, 1st Duke Of Surrey , English politician (executed) (born 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) (born 1367 )

April 28 - Baldus De Ubaldis , Italian jurist (born 1327 )

5 June - Frederick, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg , rival Holy Roman Emperor

October 25 - Geoffrey Chaucer , English poet

''date unknown''

--- Narayana Pandit , Indian mathematician (born 1340 )

--- Ralph Strode , English scholar (born 1350 )