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Richard II dies in Pontefract castle, almost certainly starved to death on the orders of the new king - insecure on his throne as an undeniable usurper      
c. 1400
 
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The final style of medieval painting, common to all Europe, is known as International Gothic because of its slender and elegant figures     
c. 1400
 
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The followers of Wycliffe, after his death, become known as Lollards or 'mutterers'      
c. 1400
 
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The English mystery cycles are performed by trade guilds, on carts pulled from audience to audience around the city      
1400
 
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The Welsh rise against the English and proclaim Owain Glyn Dwr as their own prince of Wales       
c. 1400
 
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Majolica, or tin-glazed earthenware, reaches Italy from Majorca and thus gets its name      
1404
 
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Owain Glyn Dwr captures Aberystwyth and Harlech from the English and sets up an independent Welsh administration      
1406
 
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Pisa is captured by Florence, to be followed a few years later by the purchase of the seaport of Livorno      
1406
 
   
On the death of his father, Robert III, James I becomes king of Scotland      
1407
 
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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