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| Years: 1403 1404 1405 - 1406 - 1407 1408 1409 | |
| Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
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Events
- Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing.
- Richard Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London.
- December 25 - John II becomes King of Castile.
- Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England.
- James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV of England.
- Richard, Earl of Cambridge, marries Anne Mortimer.
- Gregory XII succeeds Innocent VII as Pope.
- Pisa is subjugated by Florence.
Births
- September 26 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
- Ulrich III of Celje (died 1456)
- Agostino Steuco, Italian scholar and divine (died 1519)
Deaths
- January 6 - Roger Walden, English bishop
- March 19 - Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian (born 1332)
- April 4 - King Robert III of Scotland
- July 15 - Duke William of Austria
- September 16 - Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
- November 6 - Pope Innocent VII
- King Henry III of Castile (born 1379)
- Coluccio Salutati, Chancellor of Florence (born 1331)
- John de Sutton V (born 1380)
- Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde
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