Editing 1408 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[Western Schism]]: [[Charles VI of France|King Charles VI of France]] sends a letter to the [[Antipope]] [[Antipope Benedict XIII|Benedict XIII]] at [[Avignon]], giving an ultimatum to Benedict and the other [[Avignon Papacy]] proponents to end the schism in the Roman Catholic Church against the Roman Obedience, headed by [[Pope Gregory XII]]. King Charles VI threatens that unless the schism ends by [[Ascension Day]], 40 days after [[Easter]] (in 1408, April 24, with Ascension Day on June 3), [[France]] will end its support of the Avignon Obedience.<ref name=Creighton>{{cite book|last=Creighton|first=Mandell|title=A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8osAAAAYAAJ|volume=I: The Great Schism. The Council of Constance. 1378-1418|year=1882|publisher=Longmans, Green|location=London|pages=193–194}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Appenzell Wars]]: In the [[Appenzell]] region of [[Switzerland]], the alliance of the region with St. Gallen, the ''[[:de:Bund ob dem See|Bund ob dem See]]'' ("alliance over the lake", referring to the nearby [[Lake Constance]] fails in its attempt to liberate the city of [[Bregenz]] from Austrian rule.<ref name=HLS>{{HLS|8874|Appenzell Wars (1401-1429)}}</ref> The ''Bund'' is dissolved less than three months later.
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bramham Moor]]: A royalist army defeats the last remnants of the [[Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland#Rebellion|Percy Rebellion]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=David|title=Battlefield Walks in Yorkshire|year=2002|publisher=Sigma|location=Wilmslow|page=37|isbn= 9781850587750}}</ref>
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[John I, Duke of Bourbon|John of Bourbon]], son of [[Louis II, Duke of Bourbon]], is appointed as the [[Grand Chamberlain of France]] by King Charles VI.
* [[March]] &ndash; (late in the month of [[Tagu]], which ended March 28, [[Burmese calendar|769 ME]]) [[Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1408–1410) orders of battle|Ava–Hanthawaddy War]]: In Burma (now [[Myanmar]]), [[Razadarit|King Razdarit]] leads the invasion of the [[List of Arakanese monarchs#North Arakan|Kingdom of North Arakan]] and overthrows its ruler, [[Anawrahta of Launggyet]], then has him executed.<ref>''Yazawin Thit'', Vol. 1, 2012, p.228)</ref>