Editing 1406 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VII]] declares that [[Ladislaus of Naples|Ladislaus]] is deposed as [[List of Neapolitan monarchs|King of Naples]], but refuses to acknowledge the order.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/orsini-del-balzo-raimondo_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |title=ORSINI DEL BALZO, Raimondo |first=Kristjan |last=Toomaspoeg |encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |language=it |volume=79 |year=2013}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] &ndash; After the Venetian Republic is victorious in the [[War of Padua]] against Francesco Novello da Carrara, the Venetian [[Council of Ten|Consejo de i Diexe]] (Council of Ten) concludes that Novello and his sons are too dangerous to be left alive.<ref>{{cite book |last = Lane |first = Frederic Chapin |author-link = Frederic C. Lane |title=Venice, A Maritime Republic |location=Baltimore, Maryland |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |year=1973 |page=227 |isbn=0-8018-1445-6 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PQpU2JGJCMwC }}</ref> Novello is taken from his cell at the [[Doge's Palace]], where he has been held since November 23, and is strangled to death.<ref>"An Account of the End of the Carrara Dynasty, 1406," from A., B., and G. Gatari, ''Cronaca carrarese.''</ref> His sons Francesco and Giacomo are executed the next day.
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Al-Musta'in|Abū al-Faḍl Al-Musta'in]] becomes the new [[Abbasid caliph]] of [[Cairo]], spiritual leader of the Muslim faith in the [[Mamluk Sultanate]] of [[Egypt]], succeeding his father, [[Al-Mutawakkil I]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Jalalu'ddin as-Suyuti |others=trans. Henry Sullivan Jarrett |title=Tarikh al-khulafa |trans-title=[[History of the Caliphs]] |year=1881 |orig-year=Composed 15th century |publisher=The Asiatic Society |location=Calcutta |oclc=470140533 |pages=534–538 |chapter=Al Musta'in Bi'llah Abu'l Fadhl |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023164654#page/n563/mode/1up |author-link=Al-Suyuti}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] &ndash; Scottish nobles [[Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney]] and [[David Fleming of Biggar]] are assigned by King Robert III to transport the Crown Prince James to [[Bass Rock]] at the [[Firth of Forth]] to be evacuated to France. The group is ambushed by [[Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany]] at Long Hermiston Moor. Fleming is killed in battle, but Orkney is able to escape with Prince James and, after rescue, to board a ship to cross the English Channel.<ref>''Scotland and the Flemish People'', ed. by Alexander Fleming, Roger A. Mason (John Donald Publishing, 2019)</ref>
* [[February 23]] &ndash; (4 Ramadan 808 AH) Pir Muhammad bin Jahangir is forced to retreat from the forces of Khalil Sultan after attempting an invasion of Transoxiana during the confusion after the death of Tamerlane.<ref>Peter Jackson, ''From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane: The Reawakening of Mongol Asia'' (Yale University Press, 2023) p.421</ref>
* [[February 26]] &ndash; The Scottish Parliament issues a proclamation that during meetings of the body "a lighted lantern is to be hung outsideeach house every night in the high streets and lanes."  <ref>Jan-Marie Knights, ''The Plantagenet Socialite''  (Amberley Publishing, 2023)</ref>
* [[March 22]] &ndash; On "Monday before the [[Annunciation]]", [[James I of Scotland|Prince James]], the 10-year-old son of [[Robert III of Scotland|King Robert III of Scotland]], is captured while being taken across the [[English Channel]] from Scotland to France when the ship he is on, ''Maryenknyght'', by [[privateer]]s Hugh atte Fen, William Oxeney, John Hacon and Nicholas Steyward of Cley.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Scottish_Historical_Review/HFkJAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22April+1405%22+james+scotland&pg=PA47&printsec=frontcover" The Captivity of James I"], by E. W. M. Balfour-Melville, in ''The Scottish Historical Review'', Volume 21 (1924) p.47 ("As the Annunciation fell in 1406 on a Thursday, the previous Monday would have been March 22nd, which may therefore be accepted as the date of the capture.") Because of the calendar used in England at the same time, the year was considered 1405 until March 25, when the New Year's Day marked the beginning in England of 1406.</ref> The crown prince is delivered to London where he is held hostage by King [[Henry IV of England]] for the next 18 years.