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1408

Years: 1405 1406 1407 - 1408 - 1409 1410 1411

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

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

Events

• December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is officially formated under King Sigismund of Hungary.
• Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owen Glendower.
• The Yongle Encyclopedia is completed.

Births

Deaths

• Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
• Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
• John VII Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor
• Matheos I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope

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