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Years: 1400Events 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 Birth 1401Events The Lollards, a religious sect taught by John Wycliffe, were persecuted for their beliefs. The Archbishop of Canterbury pressured King Henry IV of England to outlaw them as heretics, under the Act De Heretico Comburendo. After travelling to London, 1402Events September 14 Battle of Homildon Hill. Northern English nobles led by Sir Henry " Hotspur" Percy, defeat a Scottish raiding army under the Earl of Douglas Battle of Angora Tamerlane defeats the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, who is captured. Mehmed I suc 1403Events July 21 Battle of Shrewsbury. King Henry IV of England defeats a rebel army led by "Hotspur" Percy, who is killed. Jan Hus begins preaching Wycliffite ideas in Bohemia Ming Emperor Zhu Li renamed the old Yuan (Mongul) capital as Beijing Timur Lenk 1404Events June 14 Owain Glyndwr of Wales allies with the French against the English and the Henry of Lancaster. Later he gains control of his country, declares himself Prince of Wales and holds a parliament Founding of the University of Turin Births February 1405Events Early feminist Christine de Pizan writes The Book of the City of Ladies Erection of Bath Abbey 1499) Publication of Bellifortis by Konrad Kyeser (book on military technology) Births October 18 Pope Pius II Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg, Albania's nati 1406Events 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, 1407Events November 20 A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orleans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. November 24 Duke of Orleans assassinated war breaks out again between Burgundians and followers of 1408 1409

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