1406

Years: 1403 1404 1405 - 1406 - 1407 1408 1409
Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing.
Richard Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London.
December 25 - John II becomes King of Castile.
Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England.
James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV of England.
Richard, Earl of Cambridge, marries Anne Mortimer.
Gregory XII succeeds Innocent VII as Pope.
Pisa is subjugated by Florence.

Births

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (approximate date)
Ulrich Cillei, count of Cillei
Laurentius Valla, Italian humanist

Deaths

Giangaleazzo Visconti, first duke of Milan
Coluccio Salutati, chancellor of Florence
Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist
Henry III, King of Castile
January 6 - Roger Walden, Bishop of London
March 19 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historiographer
April 4 - Robert III, King of Scotland
September 3 - Robert Stewart, first Duke of Albany and brother of Robert III of Scotland
November 6 - Pope Innocent VII