Explore 85 historical events from 1400–1409.
Dobrogost z Nowego Dwóru was a medieval bishop in Poland. He was Bishop of Poznań from 1384 until 1395 and then Archbishop of Gniezno from 1395 till 1401.
Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355)
John Charlton , 4th Baron Charlton of Powys was an English noble.
John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton (born 1362)
Klaus Störtebeker was a German pirate. He was reputed to be the leader of the Victual Brothers, his group was hired to assist in a war between Sweden and Denmark and continued to c…
Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate
Owain ap Gruffudd Fychan or Owain Glyndŵr was a Welsh nobleman and military commander in the late Middle Ages who led a revolt with the aim of establishing an independent Wales fre…
Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton of Stourton, Wiltshire, was an English soldier and politician, elevated to the peerage in 1448.
John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English soldier and politician (died 1462)
Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick, LG was the posthumous daughter and eventually the sole heiress of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester by his wife, C…
Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester, English noble (died 1439)
John Wittlebury or Whittlebury was an English Member of Parliament.
John Wittlebury, English politician (born 1333)
Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford was the third son of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud de Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere.
Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, English politician and nobleman (born c
Baldus de Ubaldis was an Italian jurist, and a leading figure in Medieval Roman Law and the school of Postglossators.
Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist (born 1327)
Frederick, a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1373 until his death. In May 1400, he unsuccessfully stood…
Frederick I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Jan of Jenštejn was a Bohemian archbishop, composer and poet. From 1379 to 1396 he was the Archbishop of Prague. He studied in Bologna, Padua, Montpellier and Paris.
Jan of Jenštejn, archbishop of Prague (born 1348)
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, 1st Earl of Huntingdon of Dartington Hall in Devon, was a half-brother of King Richard II (1377–1399), to whom he remained strongly loyal. He is p…
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (born c. 1352)
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, writer and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the 'father of English literature', or alternatively, the 'fa…
Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (born c. 1343)