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| Years: 1397 1398 1399 - 1400 - 1401 1402 1403 | |
| Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
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Events
Europe has about 52 million inhabitants.- Henry IV quells Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury and the Baron le Despencer for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King
- Jean Froissart writes the "Chronicles"
- Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy
Births
- December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1487)
- James Tuchet, 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)
Deaths
- January 5 - John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed)
- January 5 - 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 (murdered) (born 1367)
- April 28 - Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist (born 1327)
- October 25 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
- William Langland, English poet (born 1332)
- Narayana Pandit, Indian mathematician (born 1340)
- Ralph Strode, English scholar (born 1350)
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