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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1404''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
*[[January 14]] &ndash; The [[List of parliaments of England|fourth Parliament]] of King [[Henry IV of England]] opens for a session of two months.
*[[February 10]] &ndash; [[Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence|Thomas of Lancaster]], the second son of King Henry IV of England, becomes [[Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom|Admiral of the North and South]] succeeding Admiral Thomas Beaufort.<ref>Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, ''The History of England'', Volume 5, (J. and P. Knapton, 1747) p.271</ref>
*[[February 27]] &ndash; [[:es:Guadarfia|King Guadarfia]] of the [[Kingdom of the Canary Islands|Canary Islands]] surrenders to the French explorer [[Jean de Béthencourt]], who declares himself to be the new king, but subservient to the sponsor of the expedition, [[Henry III of Castile|King Enrique III]] of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] (part of modern-day Spain)<ref>Léon Guérin, ''Histoire maritime de France contenant'' (Paris: Dufour et Mulat, 1851) p. 341</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; Under the new [[Yongle Emperor]], China continues to build its fleet, ordering the construction of 50 new seagoing ships from the Capital Guards in Nanjing.<ref>{{citation |last=Dreyer |first=Edward L. |year=2007 |title=Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433 |publisher=Pearson Longman |location=New York |page=105 |isbn=978-0-321-08443-9 |oclc=64592164}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] &ndash; As the English Parliament adjourns, King Henry IV gives [[royal assent]] to acts that have passed, including the [[Alchemy#Gold and Silver Act 1403|Multipliers Act]], which declares "It shall be felony to use the craft of multiplication of gold or silver.", prohibiting any [[alchemy|alchemists]] who has actually may have discovered how to perform transmutation of other substances into precious metals. The law remains in force until repealed 284 years later. 

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Centurione II Zaccaria]] buys the [[Principality of Achaea]], located on the [[Peloponnese]] peninsula in modern-day [[Greece]], from [[Ladislaus of Naples|King Ladislaus]] of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dourou-Iliopoulou |first=Maria |title=Angevins and Aragonese in the Mediterranean |publisher=Herodotus |year=2019 |isbn=978-960-485-325-0 |location=Athens |pages=167}}</ref>
* [[April 25]] &ndash; The [[War of Padua]] begins in the [[Veneto]] region of northeastern Italy as the army of the [[Republic of Venice]], led by General [[Malatesta IV Malatesta|Malatesta dei Sonetti]], leads an attack on [[Padua]], led by the Lord [[Francesco Novello da Carrara]]. The city of [[Vicenza]] surrenders to the Venetian troops on the same day, while the war against Padua last 19 months.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mallett |first=Michael E. |chapter=La conquista della Terraferma| pages=181–240 |chapter-url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/il-rinascimento-politica-e-cultura-tra-pace-e-guerra-le-forme-del-potere-la-conquista-della-terraferma_(Storia-di-Venezia) |title=Storia di Venezia dalle origini alla caduta della Serenissima. Vol. IV, Il rinascimento: politica e cultura (History of Venice from its origins to the fall of the Serenissima. Vol. IV, The Renaissance: Politics and Culture) |publisher=Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana |location=Rome |year=1996 |language=Italian |oclc=644711024 }}</ref>  
* [[April 27]] &ndash; At [[Dijon]], in France's [[Burgundian State]], [[John the Fearless]] (''Jean sans Peur''), nephew of [[Charles VI of France]], becomes the new [[Duke of Burgundy]] upon the death of his father, [[Philip the Bold]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=John, Duke of Burgundy|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |volume=15|last=Poupardin |first=René |author-link=René Poupardin |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2011| pages=445–446}}</ref> 
* [[April]] or [[May]] &ndash; [[Battle of Blackpool Sands]]: Local English forces defeat an attempted raid from [[Saint-Malo]] on the port of [[Dartmouth, Devon]]; the French commander, William du Chastel, is killed.<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><ref>{{cite book|title=The Fears of Henry IV|last=Mortimer|first=Ian|author-link=Ian Mortimer (historian)|year=2007|publisher=Jonathan Cape|location=London|isbn=978-0-224-07300-4}}</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Raciążek]] treaty is signed by the representatives of King [[Władysław II Jagiełło]] of Poland, by the Grand Duke [[Vytautas]] of Lithuania, and by the [[Teutonic Knights]]. 
* [[June 14]] &ndash; Welsh rebel leader [[Owain Glyndŵr]] enters an alliance with the [[Kingdom of France|French]] against the [[Kingdom of England|English]]. He has begun to hold [[parliament]]ary assemblies (first on May 10 at [[Dolgellau]]).<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=115–117|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[June 21]] &ndash; The formal coronation of Owain Glyndŵr as [[Prince of Wales]] takes place at [[Harlech]].<ref>Terry Breverton, ''Owain Glyndwr: The Story of the Last Prince of Wales'' (Amberley Publishing, 2009)</ref>

=== July&ndash;September === 
* [[July 27]] &ndash; In Southern India, [[Bukka Raya II]] becomes the new ruler of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] in what are the modern-day Indian states of [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite journal |url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145214|last=Lakshmi|first=Kumari Jhansi|date=1958|title=The Chronology of the Sangama Dynasty|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=21 |pages=290–297 |jstor=44145214 }}</ref>
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Albert IV, Duke of Austria]], dies at the age of 26 from an illness contracted while he was fighting against Bohemia and Moravia for control of the city of [[Znojmo|Znaim]] (modern Znojmo in the Czech Republic).<ref>{{cite book |first=C.W. |last=Previte-Orton |title=The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History: The Twelfth Century to the Renaissance |volume=2 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1952 }}</ref> He is succeeded as Duke by his 6-year old son, [[Albert II of Germany|Albert]].

=== 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>

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Jean de Béthencourt]] becomes the first ruler of the [[Kingdom of the Canary Islands]].
* Stephan [[Tvrtko II]] succeeds [[Stefan Ostoja]] as King of [[Kingdom of Bosnia|Bosnia]].
* Peace is declared between [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuania]] and the [[Teutonic Knights]], after they agree to exchange land and form an alliance against [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]].
* [[Regreg War|A civil war]], lasting two years, breaks out in the [[Majapahit Empire]] in modern-day [[Indonesia]].
* [[Wallachia]] reaches its maximum extent under [[Mircea I of Wallachia|Mircea cel Bătrân]].
* The [[University of Turin]] is founded.
* [[Timur]] is hit by a fever, while preparing to invade [[China]].
* [[Virupaksha Raya]] succeeds [[Harihara Raya II]], as ruler of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] in modern-day southern [[India]].
* Narayana Ramadhipati succeeds Ponthea Yat as King of [[Cambodia]].
* Ruaidri Caech MacDermot succeeds Conchobair Óg MacDermot as [[Kings of Magh Luirg|King of Magh Luirg]], in what later becomes northeast [[Connacht]], [[Ireland]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Philip Courtenay (died 1463)|Sir Philip Courtenay]], British noble (d. [[1463]])
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Leon Battista Alberti]], Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (d. [[1472]])
* [[March 25]] (bapt.) &ndash; [[John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset]], English military leader (d. [[1444]])
* [[June]] &ndash; [[Murad II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. [[1451]])
* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Yamana Sōzen]], Japanese warlord and monk (d. [[1473]])
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Philip I, Duke of Brabant]] (d. [[1430]])
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[Anne of Burgundy]] (d. [[1432]])
* [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Marie of Anjou]], queen of [[Charles VII of France]] (d. [[1463]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]] (b. [[1342]])
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Albert IV, Duke of Austria]] (b. [[1377]])
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[William of Wykeham]], English bishop and statesman (b. [[1320]])
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface IX]] (b. [[1356]])
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Marie of Valois (1344-1404)|Marie Valois]], French princess (b. [[1344]])
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. [[1336]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Eleanor of Arborea]], ruler of Sardinia (b. [[1350]])

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