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== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Ming–Việt War]]: China conquers [[Đông Đô|Dong Do]], the eastern capital of [[Dai Ngu]] (now [[Hanoi]], capital of [[Vietnam]], and follows six days later by conquering the western capital, Tay Do (now [[Thanh Hóa]]) on January 26.<ref name=Ming-Viet>{{Cite book |title=Ancient Southeast Asia |author1-link=John N. Miksic |last1=Miksic |first1=John Norman |last2=Yian |first2=Goh Geok |publisher=Routledge |year=2016 |page=524 |isbn=978-0415735544}}</ref>
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Ming–Việt War]]: [[Hồ Nguyên Trừng]], commander of the Vietnamese armada of 500 ships, launches a counterattack on invading Chinese  ships on the [[Thai Binh River]], but the Chinese forces use [[cannon]]s to destroy the Viet fleet, killing as many as 10,000 of the defending forces.<ref name=Sun>{{citation |surname=Sun |given=Laichen |chapter=Chinese Gunpowder Technology and Đại Việt, ca. 1390–1497 |title=Viet Nam: Borderless Histories |editor-given1=Anthony |editor-surname1=Reid |editor-given2=Nhung Tuyet |editor-surname2=Tran |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |year=2006 |pages=79–83 |isbn=978-1-316-44504-4}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Pir Muhammad (son of Jahangir)|Pir Muhammad Mirza]], co-ruler of the [[Timurid Empire]] (Transoxiana) that encompasses what is now [[Iran]] and most of the [[Near East]] of Asia, is murdered by his [[vizier]], Pir Ali Taz.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fY01Tc2SZVEC|title=The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6|author=Peter Jackson, Lawrence Lockhart|year=1986|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521246996|pages=98–99|access-date=2013-01-02}}</ref> He is succeeded by his cousin, [[Khalil Sultan]], who becomes the sole ruler of Transoxiana until being overthrown in [[1409]].

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[March 1]] &ndash; Persian astronomer and mathematician [[Jamshid al-Kashi]] completes his treatise ''[[Sullam al-sama']]'' ("The Ladder of the Sky")
* [[March 7]] &ndash; At 12 years old, [[Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua|Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga]] becomes the new [[Marquisate of Mantua|Marquis of Mantua]], and area encompassing much of the Lombardy region of Italy, upon the death of his father, [[Francesco I Gonzaga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digilib.bibliotecateresiana.it/sfoglia_storia.php?id=&sottogruppo=164.F.27&gruppo=&creator=&title=&publisher=&date=&date1=&shelfmark=&op=esplora_ric&offset=768|title=Signoria di Gianfrancesco Gonzaga |language=it}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Ming–Việt War]]: In Vietnam's Phung Hoa prefecture, the invading Chinese troops use a larger weapon, the ''da jiangjun chong'' cannon, to destroy more of the Viet ships.<ref name=Sun/>
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Sino-Tibetan relations during the Ming dynasty#Religious significance|After several invitations]] by the [[Yongle Emperor]] of China, the lama [[Deshin Shekpa]], the fifth [[Karmapa]] of the [[Karma Kagyu]] sect of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], finally visits the Emperor at [[Nanjing]], the [[Ming dynasty]]. In his 22-day visit, the Karmapa thrills the Ming court with alleged miracles that are recorded in a gigantic scroll, translated into five different languages. In a show of mystical prowess, Deshin Shekpa adds legitimacy to a questionable succession to the throne by Yongle, who had killed his nephew the [[Jianwen Emperor]] in the culmination of a [[civil war]]. For his services to the Ming court, including his handling of the ceremonial rites of Yongle's deceased parents, Deshin Shekpa is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma (大寶法王).
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The [[Bank of Saint George|Banco di San Giorgio]] is founded by the government of the [[Republic of Genoa]] in Italy.<ref>Giuseppe Felloni, ''Amministrazione ed etica nella Casa di San Giorgio (1407-1805). Lo statuto del 1568'' ("Administration and ethics in the House of San Giorgio (1407-1805): The statute of 1568"), (Firenze: Leo Olschki Press, 2014) p.3</ref>
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Ming–Việt War]]: A Vietnamese force of 70,000 troops attempts to stop the advance of the Chinese at the [[Red River (Asia)|Hong River]] at the Ham Tu pass in what is now Vietnam's [[Hưng Yên province]]. With superior firepower, the Chinese kill over 10,000 Viet troops and capture hundreds of warships.<ref name=Sun/>
* [[May 8]] &ndash; The [[John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset|Earl of Somerset]]  resigns as [[Admiral of the North and West]] of the English Navy. The office will remain vacant until assumed by [[Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter]] on September 21, 1408.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Beatson|first1=Robert|title=A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland: Or, A Complete Register of the Hereditary Honours, Public Offices, and Persons in Office, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time|date=1788|publisher=G. G. J. & J. Robinson|pages=[https://archive.org/details/apoliticalindex04beatgoog/page/n276 259]–263|url=https://archive.org/details/apoliticalindex04beatgoog}}</ref>* 
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Ming–Việt War]]: In a last ditch effort to stop the Chinese invasion, the Vietnamese forces fight a final battle at [[Thanh Hóa]], where the Emperor Hon Han Thuong had moved his capital. The Viet force loses 10,000 additional soldiers and the Vietnamese royal family flees during the retreat.<ref name=Sun/>
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Ming–Hồ War]]: [[Hồ Hán Thương|Ho Han Thuong]], Emperor of Vietnam (Dai Ngu) is captured by the Imperial Chinese Army along with his father, the former Emperor [[Hồ Quý Ly]], completing the [[Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam|conquest of Vietnam]] by the Chinese Empire.<ref>{{citation |surname=Chan |given=Hok-lam |chapter=The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-hsi, and Hsiian-te reigns, 1399 – 1435 |page=230 |title=The Cambridge History of China: Volume 7, The Ming Dynasty |editor-given1=Denis Crispin |editor-surname1=Twitchett |editor-given2=John K. |editor-surname2=Fairbank |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2008}}</ref>

=== July&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; A group of high officials of the former Vietnamese government are put on trial before China's Yongle Emperor at [[Nanjing]], and charged with treason for killing the previous Vietnamese ruler. Most of the prisoners are executed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tsai |first=Shih-shan Henry |title=Perpetual happiness: The Ming emperor Yongle |year=2011 |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle |page=181 |isbn=978-0-295-98109-3}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; The English Parliament is opened at [[Gloucester]] after being summoned on August 26 by King Henry IV, and is marked by arguments between the House of Lords and the House of Commons over primacy and initiation of money bills.<ref>H.G. Richardson and G. Sayles, ''Rotuli Parliamentorum '', Volume II (Royal Historical Society, 1935), pp.608–610</ref>
* [[November 20]] &ndash; A solemn truce  is agreed upon between [[John the Fearless]], [[Duke of Burgundy]] and [[Louis I, Duke of Orléans]] under the auspices of [[John, Duke of Berry]].
* [[November 23]] &ndash; The Duke of Orleans is assassinated, and war breaks out again between the [[Burgundians]] and the Duke's followers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Duke of Orleans is Ambushed {{!}} History Today |url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/duke-orleans-ambushed |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=www.historytoday.com}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] &ndash; 
**China's [[Yongle Emperor]] sends an order to Marquis Zhang Fu, who had recently conquered Vietnam and executed many of its officials, to avoid harming any innocent Vietnamese civilians.<ref>{{cite web |translator=Geoff Wade |title=Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: an open access resource |url=http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/entry/1078?hl=%22Jiao-zhi%22 |location=Singapore |publisher=Asia Research Institute and the Singapore E-Press, National University of Singapore |page=1014 |access-date=July 6, 2014 |archive-date=March 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327185337/http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/entry/1078?hl=%22Jiao-zhi%22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**The English Parliament closes after having met for six weeks.
* [[December]] &ndash; The ''[[Yongle Encyclopedia]]'', until the 21st century the largest encyclopedia of history, is completed in China after four years of work by 2,169 scholars at the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial University.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chan |first=Hok-lam |author-link=Chan Hok-lam |title=The Cambridge History of China Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1988 |isbn=0521243327 |editor-last=Mote |editor-first=Frederick W. |editor-link=Frederick W. Mote |location=Cambridge |page=220 |chapter=The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-hsi, and Hsüan-te reigns |editor-last2=Twitchett |editor-first2=Denis C |editor-link2=Denis Twitchett}}</ref>

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* Rudolfo Belenzani leads a revolt against Bishop Georg von Liechtenstein in [[Trento]], [[Prince-Bishopric of Trent|Bishopric of Trent]].
* [[David Holbache]] founds [[Oswestry School]], in the [[Welsh Marches]].
* Mateu Texidor finishes the Puente de la Trinidad bridge in Valencia, Spain.
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