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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 16]] &ndash; The 5th Parliament of King Henry IV of England (summoned August 25), nicknamed "The [[Unlearned Parliament]]" because Henry refuses to allow lawyers to sit, opens for a four week session in [[Coventry]], closing on November 13. 
* [[October 17]] &ndash; Cosimo de' Migliorati, Cardinal of the Basilica Cross in Jerusalem, is elected unanimously by eight cardinals to succeed the late [[Pope Boniface IX]]. Migliorati takes the papal name [[Pope Innocent VII|Innocent VII]] as the 204th [[pope]] of the Roman Catholic Church.<ref>"[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08019a.htm Pope Innocent VII], by Michael Ott, in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. 8 (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910), retrieved December 19, 2018</ref>
* [[November 19]] &ndash; The [[St. Elizabeth's flood (1404)|St. Elizabeth's flood]] of the [[North Sea]] devastates parts of [[Flanders]], [[Zeeland]] and [[Holland]].
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[William II, Duke of Bavaria|Willem VI]] becomes the new [[Count of Holland]] upon the death of his father, [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria|Albrecht I]], Duke of [[Lower Bavaria]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States: The Unification of the Burgundian Netherlands, 1380-1480 |first=Robert |last=Stein |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2017 |page=37}}</ref>