January 16 – After the Venetian Republic is victorious in the War of Padua, Francesco Novello da Carrara, the Venetian Consejo de i Diexe (Council of Ten) concludes that Novello and his sons are too dangerous to be left alive.[2] Novello is taken from his cell at the Doge's Palace, where he has been held since November 23, and is strangled to death.[3] His sons Francesco and Giacomo are executed the next day.
February 23 – (4 Ramadan 808 AH) Pir Muhammad bin Jahangir is forced to retreat from the forces of Khalil Sultan after attempting an invasion of Transoxiana during the confusion after the death of Tamerlane.[6]
February 26 – The Scottish Parliament issues a proclamation that during meetings of the body "a lighted lantern is to be hung outsideeach house every night in the high streets and lanes." [7]
March 22 – On "Monday before the Annunciation", Prince James, the 10-year-old son of King Robert III of Scotland, is captured while being taken across the English Channel from Scotland to France when the ship he is on, Maryenknyght, by privateers Hugh atte Fen, William Oxeney, John Hacon and Nicholas Steyward of Cley.[8] The crown prince is delivered to London where he is held hostage by King Henry IV of England for the next 18 years.
Tran Thien Binh, pretender to the throne of Vietnam (at the time, Dai Ngu) arrives from China, accompanied by an emissary from China, at the invitation of the Emperor Hồ Hán Thương. After crossing into Lang Son, Tran Thien Binh and the Chinese ambassador are killed by King Ho Han Thuong's troops, triggering a war with China.[9]
May 21 – Pope Innocent VII issues the bull Piae Postulatio to protect the charity and hospice of Santa Maria dell'Anima (Saint Mary of the Soul), located in Rome and serving the German-speaking community.
June 4 – The Chinese merchant Chen Yanxiang and his crew of 121 people depart from Java to Korea on the pretext of being Java's ambassador to Korea.[12] His djong ship carries with it with various Southeast Asian products, including parrots, peacocks, agarwood, camphor, and black pepper.
July 16 – In China's invasion of Vietnam, the Chinese imperial court issues the "Edict to Invade Annam", listing "20 formal reasons" for preparing to conquer the Kingdoms of Annam and Dai Ngu.[14]
August 14 – Chen Yanxiang and his crew of 121 people, sailing to Korea for trading, come under attack by 15 ships of Japanese pirates (Wokou) off of the coast of Gunsan. After a two day battle, 80 of the crew are dead and the ship is looted, but remains with Chen. The 40 survivors are able to reach the Korean shore.[12]
October 7 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms land on the Channel Island of Jersey, and fight a battle against 3,000 defenders.[17]
October 12 – Chen Yanxiang and his surviving crew are hosted by King Taejong of Korea at Seoul. The State Council (Uijongbu) verifies in a letter to the rulers of Java confirming that the Korean ship had been attacked.[12]
October 27 – In gratitude to the King of Korea, Chinese merchant Chen Yanxiang trades his ship to Korea for a smaller vessel, then departs Korea, but runs into a storm while approaching Japan's Seto Inland Sea.[12]
^Scotland and the Flemish People, ed. by Alexander Fleming, Roger A. Mason (John Donald Publishing, 2019)
^Peter Jackson, From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane: The Reawakening of Mongol Asia (Yale University Press, 2023) p.421
^Jan-Marie Knights, The Plantagenet Socialite (Amberley Publishing, 2023)
^" The Captivity of James I", by E. W. M. Balfour-Melville, in The Scottish Historical Review, Volume 21 (1924) p.47 ("As the Annunciation fell in 1406 on a Thursday, the previous Monday would have been March 22nd, which may therefore be accepted as the date of the capture.") Because of the calendar used in England at the same time, the year was considered 1405 until March 25, when the New Year's Day marked the beginning in England of 1406.
^Chan, Hok-lam (1990). "The Chien-wen, Yung-lo, Hung-hsi, and Hsüan-te reigns, 1399–1435". The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644 (Part 1). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 230. ISBN0-521-24332-7.
^Tsai, Shih-shan Henry (2011). Perpetual happiness: The Ming emperor Yongle. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 180. ISBN978-0-295-98109-3.
^Friedrich Stolberg, "Gebhardshagen" in Befestigungsanlagen im und am Harz von der Frühgeschichte bis zur Neuzeit (Fortifications in and around the Harz from Early History to Modern Times) (Hildesheim, 1968) pp. 105–107
^ abcdCho, Hung-guk (2009). Han'guk-gwa Dongnam Asia-ui Gyoryusa 한국과 동남아시아의 교류사 [History of Exchanges between Korea and Southeast Asia] (in Korean). Seoul, South Korea: Sonamu. p. 150. ISBN978-89-7139-557-8.
^Lodge, Eleanor Constance (1924). The End of the Middle Age, 1273-1453. Methuen & Company Limited.
^Wade, Geoff (2014), "The "native office" system", in Wade, Geoff (ed.), Asian Expansions: The Historical Experiences of Polity Expansion in Asia, Taylor & Francis, p. 70, ISBN9781135043537
^Syvret, Marguerite (2011). Balleine's History of Jersey. Chichester: Phillimore. pp. 50–51. ISBN978-1860776502.
^Sun, Laichen (2006), "Chinese Gunpowder Technology and Đại Việt, ca. 1390–1497", in Reid, Anthony; Tran, Nhung Tuyet (eds.), Viet Nam: Borderless Histories, University of Wisconsin Press, p. 78, ISBN978-1-316-44504-4
