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| Gregorian calendar | 1404 MCDIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2157 |
| Armenian calendar | 853 ԹՎ ՊԾԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6154 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1325–1326 |
| Bengali calendar | 811 |
| Berber calendar | 2354 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Hen. 4 – 6 Hen. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1948 |
| Burmese calendar | 766 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6912–6913 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸未年 (Water Goat) 4101 or 3894 — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4102 or 3895 |
| Coptic calendar | 1120–1121 |
| Discordian calendar | 2570 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1396–1397 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5164–5165 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1460–1461 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1325–1326 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4504–4505 |
| Holocene calendar | 11404 |
| Igbo calendar | 404–405 |
| Iranian calendar | 782–783 |
| Islamic calendar | 806–807 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 11 (応永１１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1318–1319 |
| Julian calendar | 1404 MCDIV |
| Korean calendar | 3737 |
| Minguo calendar | 508 before ROC 民前508年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −64 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1946–1947 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1530 or 1149 or 377 — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1531 or 1150 or 378 |
Year 1404 (MCDIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- January 14 – The fourth Parliament of King Henry IV of England opens for a session of two months.
- February 10 – Thomas of Lancaster, the second son of King Henry IV of England, becomes the "Admiral of the North and South", succeeding Admiral Thomas Beaufort.[1]
- March 1 – Under the new Emperor Yongle, China continues to build its fleet, ordering the construction of 50 new seagoing ships from the Capital Guards in Nanjing.[2]
- March 20 – As the English Parliament adjourns, King Henry IV gives royal assent to acts that have passed, including the Multipliers Act, which declares "It shall be felony to use the craft of multiplication of gold or silver.", prohibiting any alchemists who has actually may have discovered how to perform transmutation of other substances into precious metals. The law remains in force until repealed 284 years later.
- April 25 – The War of Padua begins in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy as the army of the Republic of Venice, led by General Malatesta dei Sonetti, leads an attack on Padua, led by the Lord Francesco Novello da Carrara. The city of Vicenza surrenders to the Venetian troops on the same day, while the war against Padua last 19 months.[3]
- April 27 – At Dijon, in France's Burgundian State, Jean sans Peur ("John Without Fear"), nephew of Charles VI of France|King Charles VI]] becomes the new Duke of Burgundy upon the death of his father, Philippe II le Hardi (Philip II the Bold).[4]
- April or May – Battle of Blackpool Sands: Local English forces defeat an attempted raid from Saint-Malo on the port of Dartmouth, Devon; the French commander, William du Chastel, is killed.[5][6]
- May 22 – The Peace of Raciazek treaty is signed by the representatives of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland, by the Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania, and by the Teutonic Knights.
- June 14 – Rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies with the French against the English. He later begins holding parliamentary assemblies.
- August 25 – King Henry IV of England summons a new parliament, to open on October 16.
- October 16 – The 5th Parliament of King Henry IV opens for a four week session.
- October 17 – Pope Innocent VII succeeds Pope Boniface IX, as the 204th pope.
- November 19 – [[St. Elizabeth's flood (1404)|St. Elizabeth's flood
- November 19 – The 5th English House of Commons, nicknamed "The Unlearned Parliament", opens its session, the sixth during the reign of King Henry IV.
Date unknown
[edit]- Jean de Béthencourt becomes the first ruler of the Kingdom of the Canary Islands.
- Stephan Tvrtko II succeeds Stefan Ostoja as King of Bosnia.
- Peace is declared between Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights, after they agree to exchange land and form an alliance against Muscovy.
- A civil war, lasting two years, breaks out in the Majapahit Empire in present-day Indonesia.
- Wallachia reaches its maximum extent under Mircea cel Bătrân.
- The University of Turin is founded.
- Timur is hit by a fever, while preparing to invade China.
- Centurione II Zaccaria succeeds Maria II Zaccaria, as ruler of the Principality of Achaea.
- Virupaksha Raya succeeds Harihara Raya II, as ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire in present-day southern India.
- Narayana Ramadhipati succeeds Ponthea Yat, as King of Cambodia.
- Ruaidri Caech MacDermot succeeds Conchobair Óg MacDermot, as King of Magh Luirg, in present-day northeast Connacht, Ireland.
- The city of Vicenza comes under the rule of the Venetians.
Births
[edit]- January 18 – Sir Philip Courtenay, British noble (d. 1463)
- February 14 – Leon Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (d. 1472)
- March 25 (bapt.) – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)
- June – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1451)
- July 6 – Yamana Sōzen, Japanese warlord and monk (d. 1473)
- July 25 – Philip I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1430)
- September 30 – Anne of Burgundy (d. 1432)
- October 14 – Marie of Anjou, queen of Charles VII of France (d. 1463)
Deaths
[edit]- April 27 – Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1342)
- September 14 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
- September 27 – William of Wykeham, English bishop and statesman (b. 1320)
- October 1 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
- October 15 – Marie Valois, French princess (b. 1344)
- December 13 – Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1336)
- date unknown – Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia (b. 1350)
References
[edit]- ^ Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, The History of England, Volume 5, (J. and P. Knapton, 1747) p.271
- ^ Dreyer, Edward L. (2007), Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433, New York: Pearson Longman, p. 105, ISBN 978-0-321-08443-9, OCLC 64592164
- ^ Mallett, Michael E. (1996). "La conquista della Terraferma". Storia di Venezia dalle origini alla caduta della Serenissima. Vol. IV, Il rinascimento: politica e cultura (History of Venice from its origins to the fall of the Serenissima. Vol. IV, The Renaissance: Politics and Culture) (in Italian). Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana. pp. 181–240. OCLC 644711024.
- ^ {{title=John, Duke of Burgundy|book=Encyclopædia Britannica. |volume=15|pages=445–46|last=Poupardin |first=René |author-link=René Poupardin |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2011| pages=445–446.}
- ^ Longmate, Norman (1990). Defending the Island. London: Grafton. ISBN 0-586-20845-3.
- ^ Mortimer, Ian (2007). The Fears of Henry IV. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0-224-07300-4.