- 1400–1409
Events
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1402 : The conquest of theCanary Islands signals the beginning of theSpanish Empire .
*1402 : Ottoman andTimurid Empire s fight at theBattle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture ofBayezid I .
*1402 :Sultanate of Malacca founded by Parameshwara.
*1403 : TheYongle Emperor moves the capital of China fromNanjing toBeijing .
*1405 :Zheng He of China embarks on the first of seven voyages of exploration.Births
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1400 :Johannes Gutenberg , credited with inventingmovable type printing inEurope .
*1401 :Catherine of Valois , Queen consort ofEngland from 1420 until 1422.
*1401 :Emperor Shōkō , the 101st emperor ofJapan .
*1403 :Charles VII of France , King of France from1422 until his death in 1461.
*1404 :Murad II ,Sultan of theOttoman Empire from 1421 to 1451.
*1404 :Gilles de Rais , murderous French noble considered by some historians to be a precursor of the modernserial killer .
*1405 :Constantine XI , the last reigning Roman Emperor.
*1405 :Thomas Malory , the author or compiler of "Le Morte d'Arthur ".
*1405 :Pope Pius II ,Pope from 1458 until his death in 1464.
*1409 :Charles VIII of Sweden , king ofSweden for three separate reigns between 1448 and 1470.Deaths
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1400 : Richard II, deposedKing of England , died in captivity.
*1402 : TheJianwen Emperor , second Emperor of theMing dynasty , killed in a coup.
*1403 :Bayezid I , deposedsultan of theOttoman Empire , died in captivity.
*1404 :Pope Boniface IX .
*1405 :Timur , also known as Tamerlane,Turco-Mongol conqueror, died of plague while invading China.
*1406 : Robert III,King of Scots , allegedly died of grief.
*1406 :Pope Innocent VII , died suddenly amidst rumours of foul play, of which no evidence was ever found.
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