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Year 1404 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1404

June 14 - Rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies with the French against the English. He later begins holding parliamentary assemblies.
October 17 - Pope Innocent VII succeeds Pope Boniface IX as the 204th pope.
November 19 - St. Elizabeth's flood devastates parts of Flanders, Zeeland and Holland.
Stefan Tvrtko II succeeds Stefan Ostoja as King of Bosnia.
Peace is declared between Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights after they agree to exchange land and form an alliance against Muscovy.
The University of Turin is founded.
Timur is hit by a fever while preparing to invade China.
Centurione II Zaccaria succeeds Maria II Zaccaria as ruler of the Principality of Achaea.
Virupaksha Raya succeeds Harihara Raya II as ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire in present-day southern India.
Narayana Ramadhipati succeeds Ponthea Yat as King of Cambodia.
Ruaidri Caech MacDermot succeeds Conchobair Og MacDermot as King of Moylurg in present-day north-east Connacht, Ireland.
The city of Vicenza comes under the rule of the Venetians.

Births

February 9 - Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (d. 1453)

February 14 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (d. 1472)

March 25 - (baptism) - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)

June - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1451)

July 25 - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1430)

September 10 - Gilles de Rais, French aristocrat (d. 1440)

October 14 - Marie of Anjou, queen of Charles VII of France (d. 1463)

date unknown

Yamana Sōzen, Japanese warlord and monk (d. 1473)

Deaths

April 27 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1342)

September 14 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (b. 1377)

September 27 - William of Wykeham, English bishop and statesman (b. 1320)

October 1 - Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)

October 15 - Marie Valois, French princess (b. 1344)

December 13 - Albert, Count of Holland (b. 1336)

date unknown - Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia (b. 1350)Further Information

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