The 14th century lasted from 1 January 1301 to 31 December 1400 (MCD). It is estimated that the century witnessed the death of more than 45 million lives from political and natural disasters in both Europe and the Mongol Empire. West Africa experienced economic growth and prosperity.
Year 1402 (MCDII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1403 (MCDIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
The 1360s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1360, and ended on December 31, 1369.
Year 1400 (MCD) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The year 1400 was not a leap year in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar, it was a common year starting on Wednesday. The leap year began on a Thursday, and it ended on a Friday. The common year began on a Wednesday, and ended on a Wednesday, but the leap year ran from the Thursday to the Friday. The Wednesday at the beginning is January 1, the Wednesday at the end is December 31. It was the 1400th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 400th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 14th century, and the first year of the 1400s.
Year 1404 (MCDIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1414 (MCDXIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
The Yongle Emperor, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzu of Ming, personal name Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. He was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder and first emperor of the dynasty.
The Ming Palace, also known as the "Forbidden City of Nanjing", was the 14th-century imperial palace of the early Ming dynasty, when Nanjing was the capital of China.
Events from the 1400s in England.
The 1400s ran from January 1, 1400, to December 31, 1409.
Fang Xiaoru, courtesy name Xizhi (希直) or Xigu (希古), a native of Ninghai County, Zhejiang, was a Chinese official and Confucian scholar of the Ming dynasty. He was an orthodox Confucian scholar-bureaucrat, famous for his continuation of the Jinhua school of Zhu Xi and later for his loyalty to the former Jianwen Emperor, who died in the rebellion of the Prince of Yan.
Relic of an Emissary is a 2011 Hong Kong historical fiction television drama serial produced by TVB.
The Jingnan campaign, or the campaign to clear away disorders, was a propagandistic term used by the victorious side to refer to the civil war that took place between 1399 and 1402 in the Ming dynasty. This conflict was between the Ming government, led by the second Ming emperor, the Jianwen Emperor, and his uncle, Zhu Di, Prince of Yan. The war was sparked by the removal of the emperor's uncles and the restriction of Zhu Di's power by the central government after the Jianwen Emperor ascended to the throne in 1398. In 1399, Zhu Di rebelled under the guise of restoring order and the rights of the princes. After three years of fighting, he successfully conquered the capital of Nanjing in June 1402, while the emperor and his family were likely killed in the palace fire. This marked the end of the war.
Prince or King of Yan was a Chinese feudal title referring to the ancient Chinese State of Yan and to its fiefs including the capital Yanjing.
Fu Youde was a Chinese general and a highly competent commander in the Ming navy.
The Ming campaign against the Uriankhai was a 1387 offensive military expedition by Ming China's army led by General Feng Sheng against the Uriankhai Mongol horde led by the chieftain Naghachu in Manchuria, which concluded with the surrender of the Uriankhai to the Ming and the capture of Manchuria by the Ming.
Love Through Different Times, also known as Funniest Stories of the Ming's Royalists, is a 2002 Chinese television comedy-drama.
Zhang Yu, courtesy name Shimei, was a Ming dynasty general. He was born in Kaifeng, Henan Province. He supported Zhu Di Prince of Yan in the Jingnan campaign against the Jianwen Emperor. In December 1398, he gathered a force of 800 of Zhu Di's supporters to protect the Prince of Yan's residence in Beiping. On December 25, 1400, Zhang and Zhu arrived in Dongchang. Two weeks later, he was killed in action against Jianwen's forces led by Sheng Yong, while trying to break Zhu out of an encirclement that they had been lured into.
Li Jinglong (1369–1424), small name Jiujiang (九江), was a Ming dynasty general. He was the son of Duke Li Wenzhong, the nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang through his older sister. During the Jingnan campaign, Li Jinglong initially supported the Jianwen Emperor. However, he lost several battles and was replaced. Li plotted to betray the Jianwen Emperor and later switched sides to support Zhu Di. However, Li was then convicted of corruption and treason and thrown in prison by the Yongle Emperor. Li's family members were also arrested.
