1408
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s |
| Years: | 1405 1406 1407 - 1408 - 1409 1410 1411 |
| 1408 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
- This article is about the year. For the short story by Stephen King, see 1408 (short story); for the film, see: 1408 (film).
Year 1408 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Contents |
[edit] Events of 1408
- December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is founded under King Sigismund of Hungary.
- Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr.
- The Moldavian town of Iaşi is first mentioned.
- The Yongle Encyclopedia is completed.
- Gotland passes under Danish rule.
- Zheng He delivers 300 virgins from Korea to the Chinese emperor.
| Gregorian calendar | 1408 MCDVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2161 |
| Armenian calendar | 857 ԹՎ ՊԾԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -436 – -435 |
| Berber calendar | 2358 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1952 |
| Burmese calendar | 770 |
| Chinese calendar | 4044/4104-12-4 (丁亥年十二月初四日) — to —
4045/4105-12-15(戊子年十二月十五日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1124 – 1125 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1400 – 1401 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5168 – 5169 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1463 – 1464 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1330 – 1331 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4509 – 4510 |
| Holocene calendar | 11408 |
| Iranian calendar | 786 – 787 |
| Islamic calendar | 810 – 811 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 15 (応永15年) |
| Korean calendar | 3741 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1951 |
[edit] Births
- April 8 - Jadwiga of Lithuania, Polish princess (d. 1431)
- April 23 - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)
- date unknown - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (d. 1435)
[edit] Deaths
- February 20 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)
- May 24 - Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
- May 31 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
- December 4 - Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
- date unknown
- Coptic Pope Mathhew of Alexandria
- Elizabeth le Despenser, English noblewoman
- John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370)
- Miran Shah, son of Timur (b. 1366)
[edit] Marriages
- September 16 - Thorstein Olafssøn marries Sigrid Bjørnsdatter in Hvalsey Church, in the last recorded event of the Norse history of Greenland.
