Editing 1400 (section)

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* [[Timur]] defeats both the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt]], to capture the city of [[Damascus]] in present-day [[Syria]]. Much of the city's inhabitants are subsequently massacred by Timur's troops.
* [[Timur]] conquers the [[Kara Koyunlu|Empire of The Black Sheep Turkomans]], in present-day [[Azerbaijan]], and the [[Jalayirids|Jalayirid dynasty]] in present-day [[Iraq]]. Black Sheep ruler [[Qara Yusuf]] and Jalayirid Sultan [[Ahmad (Jalayirids)|Ahmad]] flee, and take refuge with the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Sultan [[Bayezid I]].
* In modern-day [[Korea]], King [[Jeongjong of Joseon]] abdicates in fear of an attack by his ambitious younger brother, [[Taejong of Joseon|Taejong]]. Taejong succeeds to the throne.
* Prince [[Parameswara (sultan)|Parameswara]] establishes the [[Malacca Sultanate]], in present-day western [[Malaysia]] and northern [[Sumatra]].
* Hananchi succeeds Min as King of [[Hokuzan]], in modern-day north [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Japan]].
* [[Wallachia]] (modern-day southern [[Romania]]) resists an invasion by the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]].
* A Wallachian army captures [[Iuga of Moldavia|Iuga]], and makes [[Alexander I of Moldavia|Alexandru cel Bun]] the Prince of [[Moldavia]].
* The [[Kingdom of Kongo]] begins.
*  The [[Haast's eagle]] and [[Moa]] are both driven to extinction by [[Māori people|Māori]] hunters.
* The [[Mississippian culture]] starts to decline.
* Europe is reported to have around 52 million inhabitants.
* The [[House of Medici]] becomes powerful in [[Florence]].
* [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] is created a [[county corporate]], by [[Henry IV of England]].
* [[Jean Froissart]] completes his ''[[Froissart's Chronicles|Chronicles]]'', detailing the events of the 14th Century in France.</onlyinclude>