1408

1408 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1408; MCDVIII
Ab urbe condita	2161
Armenian calendar	857; ԹՎ ՊԾԷ
Assyrian calendar	6158
Balinese saka calendar	1329–1330
Bengali calendar	815
Berber calendar	2358
English Regnal year	9 Hen. 4 – 10 Hen. 4
Buddhist calendar	1952
Burmese calendar	770
Byzantine calendar	6916–6917
Chinese calendar	丁亥年 (Fire Pig); 4104 or 4044; — to —; 戊子年 (Earth Rat); 4105 or 4045
Coptic calendar	1124–1125
Discordian calendar	2574
Ethiopian calendar	1400–1401
Hebrew calendar	5168–5169
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1464–1465
- Shaka Samvat	1329–1330
- Kali Yuga	4508–4509
Holocene calendar	11408
Igbo calendar	408–409
Iranian calendar	786–787
Islamic calendar	810–811
Japanese calendar	Ōei 15; (応永１５年)
Javanese calendar	1322–1323
Julian calendar	1408; MCDVIII
Korean calendar	3741
Minguo calendar	504 before ROC ; 民前504年
Nanakshahi calendar	−60
Thai solar calendar	1950–1951
Tibetan calendar	阴火猪年; (female Fire-Pig); 1534 or 1153 or 381; — to —; 阳土鼠年; (male Earth-Rat); 1535 or 1154 or 382

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century ; 15th century ; 16th century ;
Decades:	1380s ; 1390s ; 1400s ; 1410s ; 1420s ;
Years:	1405 ; 1406 ; 1407 ; 1408 ; 1409 ; 1410 ; 1411 ;

Last updated July 27, 2023

Year 1408 ( MCDVIII ) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

February 19 – Battle of Bramham Moor: A royalist army defeats the last remnants of the Percy Rebellion.
September – Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr.
September 16 – Thorstein Olafssøn marries Sigrid Bjørnsdatter in Hvalsey Church, in the last recorded event of the Norse history of Greenland.
December 5 – Emir Edigu of the Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
December 13 – The Order of the Dragon is founded under King Sigismund of Hungary.

Date unknown

The Moldavian town of Iaşi is first mentioned.
The Yongle Encyclopedia is completed.^[1]
Gotland passes under Danish rule.
Zheng He delivers 300 virgins from Korea to the Chinese emperor.
Mihail I becomes co-ruler of Wallachia, with his father Mircea cel Bătrân.

Births

January 25 – Katharina of Hanau, German countess regent (d. 1460)
February 14 – John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (d. 1435)
March 25 – Agnes of Baden, Countess of Holstein-Rendsburg, German noble (d. 1473)
April 8 – Jadwiga of Lithuania, Polish princess (d. 1431)
April 23 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, English noble (d. 1462)
May 22 – Annamacharya, Indian mystic saint composer (d. 1503)
October 1 or 1409 – Karl Knutsson, King of Sweden (d. 1470)

Deaths

February 19 – Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf, English rebel (in battle)
February 20 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English rebel (in battle) (b. 1341)^[2]
April – Miran Shah, son of Timur the Lame (b. 1366)
April 10 or April 11 – Elizabeth le Despenser, English noblewoman
May 24 – Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
May 31 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1358)
September 15 – Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (b. 1384)
September 22 – John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370)
December 4 – Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans by marriage to Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
date unknown– Coptic Pope Matthew I of Alexandria ^[3]

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Year 1564 (MDLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

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.

Year 1421 (MCDXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

The 1460s decade ran from January 1, 1460, to December 31, 1469.

The 1380s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1380, and ended on December 31, 1389.

The 1360s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1360, and ended on December 31, 1369.

Year 1462 (MCDLXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

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.

The 1420s decade ran from January 1, 1420, to December 31, 1429.

The 1410s decade ran from January 1, 1410, to December 31, 1419.

Year 1341 (MCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

The 1390s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1390, and ended on December 31, 1399.

Year 1411 (MCDXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Year 1428 (MCDXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Year 1443 (MCDXLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

The Battle of Bramham Moor on 19 February 1408 was the final battle in the Percy Rebellion of 1402 – 1408, which pitted Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, head of the rich and influential Percy family, against the usurper King of England, Henry IV. The Percys had previously supported Henry in his coup d'etat against his cousin King Richard II in 1399.

Events from the 1400s in England.

Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf was a baron in the Peerage of England, Lord of Wormegay, Norfolk, of Shelford and Stoke Bardolph in Nottinghamshire, Hallaton (Hallughton), Leicestershire, and others, and was "a person of especial eminence in his time".

The 1400s ran from January 1, 1400, to December 31, 1409.

References

↑ "Yongle dadian | Chinese encyclopaedia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
↑ "Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland | Lancastrian, Battle of Towton, Yorkist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
↑ Gabra, Gawdat; Takla, Hany N. (2017). Christianity and Monasticism in Northern Egypt: Beni Suef, Giza, Cairo, and the Nile Delta. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 9789774167775.

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[1] "Yongle dadian | Chinese encyclopaedia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 10, 2019.

[2] "Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland | Lancastrian, Battle of Towton, Yorkist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.

[3] Gabra, Gawdat; Takla, Hany N. (2017). Christianity and Monasticism in Northern Egypt: Beni Suef, Giza, Cairo, and the Nile Delta. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 9789774167775.

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Gregorian calendar	1408 MCDVIII
Ab urbe condita	2161
Armenian calendar	857 ԹՎ ՊԾԷ
Assyrian calendar	6158
Balinese saka calendar	1329–1330
Bengali calendar	815
Berber calendar	2358
English Regnal year	9 Hen. 4 – 10 Hen. 4
Buddhist calendar	1952
Burmese calendar	770
Byzantine calendar	6916–6917
Chinese calendar	丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4104 or 4044 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4105 or 4045
Coptic calendar	1124–1125
Discordian calendar	2574
Ethiopian calendar	1400–1401
Hebrew calendar	5168–5169
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1464–1465
- Shaka Samvat	1329–1330
- Kali Yuga	4508–4509
Holocene calendar	11408
Igbo calendar	408–409
Iranian calendar	786–787
Islamic calendar	810–811
Japanese calendar	Ōei 15 (応永１５年)
Javanese calendar	1322–1323
Julian calendar	1408 MCDVIII
Korean calendar	3741
Minguo calendar	504 before ROC 民前504年
Nanakshahi calendar	−60
Thai solar calendar	1950–1951
Tibetan calendar	阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1534 or 1153 or 381 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1535 or 1154 or 382

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