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| 1397 |
| | | With the coronation of the 16-year-old Eric of Pomerania, the crowns of Denmark, Norway and Sweden are formally united for the first time | |
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| 1398 |
| | | Timur devastates Delhi and loots treasure to take back to Samarkand on 120 elephants | |
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| 1399 |
| | | Richard II cedes his crown to Bolingbroke, as Henry IV, and a few months later dies in Pontefract castle - probably starved to death | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | Guilds of singers and song-writers develop in German towns, calling themselves Meistersinger, or master singers | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | Craftsmen and treasures arrive in large numbers in Samarkand, sent home from Timur's travels of conquest | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | The final style of medieval painting, common to all Europe, is known as International Gothic because of its slender and elegant figures | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | The followers of Wycliffe, after his death, become known as Lollards or 'mutterers' | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | The English mystery cycles are performed by trade guilds, on carts pulled from audience to audience around the city | |
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| 1400 |
| | | The Welsh rise against the English and proclaim Owain Glyn Dwr as their own prince of Wales | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | Majolica, or tin-glazed earthenware, reaches Italy from Majorca and thus gets its name | |
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| 1402 |
| | | The Ottoman sultan Bayazid is defeated and captured near Ankara by Timur, who keeps the sultan in captivity until his death the following year | |
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| 1402 |
| | | John Huss, known for his radical approach to Christianity, is put in charge of the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague | |
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| 1404 |
| | | Owain Glyn Dwr captures Aberystwyth and Harlech from the English and sets up an independent Welsh administration | |
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| 1405 |
| | | Timur is buried in a mausoleum (the Gur Amir) in Samarkand, a city which becomes an inspiration to his descendants | |
|  | Samarkand, tomb of Timur
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| 1406 |
| | | Pisa is captured by Florence, to be followed a few years later by the purchase of the seaport of Livorno | |
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| 1406 |
| | | On the death of his father, Robert III, James I becomes king of Scotland | |
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| 1407 |
| | | Rivalry between factions of the French royal family results in the murder in Paris of the king's brother, Louis duke of Orléans, and the onset of civil war | |
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| 1408 |
| | | Driven from Aberystwyth and Harlech, Owain Glyn Dwr loses support - and the last Welsh rebellion fades away | |
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