Years: 1400 1401 1402 - 1403 - 1404 1405 1406

Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• July 21 - Battle of Shrewsbury. King Henry IV of England defeats a rebel army led by "Hotspur" Percy, who is killed.
• Jan Hus begins preaching Wycliffite ideas in Bohemia
• Ming Emperor Zhu Li renamed the old Yuan (Mongul) capital as Beijing
• Timur Lenk defeats Ottoman army
• Yung Lo Ta Tien , Chinese proto-encyclopedia has 22937 parts (only three printed) (According to other sources, 11092 parts)

Births

• February 22 - King Charles VII of France (d. 1461)

Deaths

• Beyazid - former sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died in captivity)