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Year 1408 was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

EVENTS OF 1408

December 13 - The Order Of The Dragon is founded 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

April 8 - Jadwiga Of Lithuania , Polish princess (died 1431 )

April 23 - John De Vere, 12th Earl Of Oxford (died 1462 )

''date unknown'' - 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

''date unknown''

--- Pope Mathhew Of Alexandria , Coptic Pope

--- Elizabeth Le Despenser , English noblewoman

--- John VII Palaiologos , Byzantine Emperor (born 1370 )

--- Miran Shah , son of Timur (born 1366 )

MARRIAGES

September 16 - Thorstein Olafssøn married Sigrid Bjørnsdatter in Hvalsey Church , in the last recorded event of Norse History Of Greenland