1400:
January - Henry IV quells the 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.
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.
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.
September 16 - Owain Glyndŵr is proclaimed Prince of Wales by his followers and begins attacking English strongholds in north-east Wales.
December - Manuel II Palaiologos becomes the first (and last)
Byzantine Emperor to visit England.
Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is declared as a rival to Holy Roman
Emperor Wenceslaus. However, Frederick is murdered shortly after.
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.
Scotland resists an English invasion led by Harry Hotspur.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne created County Corporate by Henry IV.
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.
Europe is reported to have around 52
Million inhabitants.
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