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With the end of the threat from Wales, the Prince of Wales becomes more directly involved in government, leading to frequent clashes with his ailing father
Henry Percy invades England from Scotland, and is killed at the battle of Bramham Moor
The Council at Pisa elects a new pope, Alexander V, without persuading the other two to resign - bringing the total to an unprecedented three
Henry IV entertains at Eltham Palace the emperor Manuel II Palaeologos, the only Byzantine ruler ever to visit Britain
Shah Rukh, son of Timur, begins rebuilding the city of Herat
The Poles defeat the Teutonic knights between Tannenberg and Grunwald, bringing the coastal strip around Gdansk into the Polish kingdom
The Viking settlement in Greenland ends, after 400 years, when the last ship leaves the colony and sails for Norway
The linen drapers of Florence commission a statue of St Mark from Donatello, who carves for Orsanmichele the first free-standing Renaissance sculpture
The three Limburg brothers illustrate for the duke of Berry the Très Riches Heures, one of the masterpieces of International Gothic
Henry IV dies in the Jerusalem chamber of Westminster Abbey, partly seeming to fulfil a prophecy that he would die in Jerusalem
Soon after his accession Henry V begins construction of a new royal palace at Richmond
Henry V succeeds his father, Henry IV, as king of England
A council is called at Constance, to consider the radical views of John Huss and to deal with the present excess of popes
Filippo Brunelleschi begins studying the ruins of classical Rome, with a view to rediscovering classical architecture
John Huss, invited to Constance under a promise of safe conduct, is arrested, tried and burnt at the stake as a heretic
Henry V captures the French stronghold of Harfleur - where, in Shakespeare, he urges his dear friends 'once more unto the breach'
Henry V wins a victory on St Crispin's day at Agincourt, against a much larger and more heavily armed French force
Sir William de Milbourne, the first known resident of Milbourne House, dies and is buried in the Barnes parish church of St Mary’s
A Portuguese prince, Henry the Navigator, becomes fascinated by exploration down the coast of Africa and commissions successive voyages
The Council of Constance, having done its best to dispose of the three existing popes, elects a new one - Martin V
A competition is launched for an architect to construct a dome above Florence's cathedral, and is won by Brunelleschi
After a six-month siege Henry V makes a triumphal entry into Rouen, the city of his Norman ancestors
John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, is murdered by the Armagnac faction in the presence of the dauphin - escalating France's civil war
The Hussites build a new fortified town at Tabor as their fortress headquarters
Glazed windows become a feature of the richer homes of northern Europe
