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1400

Years: 1397 1398 1399 - 1400 - 1401 1402 1403

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

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• 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

Births

Deaths

• February 14 - King Richard II of England murdered
• Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet (b. circa 1343)

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