1406 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing.
• Richard Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London.
• December 25 - John II becomes King of Castile.
• Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England.
• James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV of England.
• Richard, Earl of Cambridge, marries Anne Mortimer.
• Gregory XII succeeds Innocent VII as Pope.
• Pisa is subjugated by Florence.

Births

• Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (approximate date)
• Ulrich Cillei, count of Cillei
• Laurentius Valla, Italian humanist

Deaths

• Giangaleazzo Visconti, first duke of Milan
• Coluccio Salutati, chancellor of Florence
• Henry III, King of Castile
• January 6 - Roger Walden, Bishop of London
• March 19 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historiographer
• April 4 - Robert III, King of Scotland
• July 15 - William of Austria, Duke of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola
• September 3 - Robert Stewart, first Duke of Albany and brother of Robert III of Scotland
• November 6 - Pope Innocent VII