What is 1400s?
{{decadebox|140}} These are some important events that happened in the years from 1401 to 1410. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''''141th decade''''' which began on January 1, 1401. and ended on December 31, 1410. __NOTOC__ ==1400== {{main|1400}} * [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]] stops the [[Epiphany Rising]]. He kills the people who try to have [[Richard II of England]] restored as King. * The princes of the [[Germany|German]] states remove [[Wenceslaus, King of the Romans|Wenceslaus]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[Rupert of Germany|Rupert]] is elected as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[Owain Glyndŵr]] is called [[Prince of Wales]] by his followers. He begins attacking [[England|English]]places in north-east [[Wales]]. * [[Manuel II Palaiologos]] becomes the first (and last) [[Byzantine Emperor]] to visit England. * The [[Medici]] family becomes powerful in [[Florence]]. === Births === * [[Luca della Robbia]], Florentine sculptor * [[Owen Tudor]], Welsh courtier (d. [[1461]]) ===Deaths=== * January 5 &ndash; [[John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury]], English politician (executed) * January 5 &ndash; [[Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey]], English politician (executed) * January 13 &ndash; [[Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester]], English politician (executed) * January 16 &ndash; [[John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter]], English politician (executed) * February 14 &ndash; King [[Richard II of England]] (probably murdered) * April 28 &ndash; [[Baldus de Ubaldis]], Italian jurist * June 5 &ndash; [[Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], rival [[Holy Roman Emperor]] * October 25 &ndash; [[Geoffrey Chaucer]], English poet * December 24 &ndash; [[Archibald the Grim]], Scottish magnate * [[Narayana Pandit]], Indian mathematician ==1401== * [[Timur]] raids the city of [[Baghdad]] in the [[Jalayirid]] Empire. *A civil war starts in the [[Majapahit Empire]] in present-day [[Indonesia]]. === Births === * May 12 – [[Emperor Shoko of Japan]] * October 27 – [[Catherine of Valois]], queen of [[Hen