Editing 1403 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Battle of Modon (1403)|Battle of Modon]]: The [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] fleet under [[Jean Le Maingre]] ([[Marshal of France|Marshal]] Boucicaut) is defeated by the [[Republic of Venice]], at [[Methoni, Messenia|Modon]] in the [[Peloponnese]].<ref name ="OxfordEnc">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Modon, Battle of | pages = 13–14 | encyclopedia = The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology | editor-first = Clifford J. | editor-last = Rogers | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-0-195334036}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] &ndash; An English fleet organised by [[John Hawley (died 1408)|John Hawley]] of Dartmouth and Thomas Norton of Bristol seizes seven French merchant vessels in the [[English Channel]].<ref>C. L. Kingsford, ''Prejudice and Promise in Fifteenth Century England'' (Taylor & Francis, 2013) p.84</ref>
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Waleran III, Count of Ligny]], a relative in France of the late King [[Richard II of England]], informs [[Henry IV of England|King Henry IV]] (who killed King Richard) of plans to lead an attack on England.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Hundred Years War |volume=4: Cursed Kings |first=Jonathan |last=Sumption |publisher=Faber & Faber |page=120 |year=2015 }}</ref>
* [[November]] &ndash; An English revenge raid on [[Brittany]] by Sir William Wilford captures 40 ships and causes considerable damage ashore.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kingsford|first1=C. J.|title=Prejudice and Promise in Fifteenth Century England|year=1962|orig-year=1925|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0-7146-1488-5|chapter=IV. West Country Piracy: The School of English Seamen|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e48H6YG_2MkC&pg=PR7}}</ref> 
* [[December 12]] &ndash; Local English forces defeat an attempted French raid on the [[Isle of Wight]] under [[Waleran III, Count of Ligny]].<ref>"Seditious Activities", by James Ross, in ''Authority and Subversion'' ed. by Linda Clark (Boydell Press, 2003) p.38</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Defending the Island |last=Longmate |first=Norman |author-link=Norman Longmate |year=1990 |publisher=Grafton |location=London |isbn=0-586-20845-3}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface IX]] annuls and revokes numerous [[indulgence]]s previously paid to the Roman Catholic Church in return for a reduction of time in purgatory.<ref>"Pardons and Pilgrims", by Diana Webb, in ''Promissory Notes on the Treasury of Merits: Indulgences in Late Medieval Europe'', ed. by Robert Swanson (BRILL, 2018) p.263</ref>