1400: Encyclopedia - 1400

1400

1400 - Events

Europe has about 52 million inhabitants.

• Henry IV quells baron rebellion and executes The Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King

• Jean Froissart writes the "Chronicles"
• Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy

1400 - 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)

1400 - Deaths

• January 5 - John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed)
• January 7 - Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (executed) (born 1374)
• 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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