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Year 1406 (MCDVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

January–December

  • April 4 – James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV of England.
  • October 7 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms landed on Jersey and fought a battle against 3,000 defenders.
  • October 13 – Richard Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London for a second full term. He holds this office simultaneously with that of Mayor of the Calais Staple.
  • October 26 – Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England.
  • November 30 – Pope Gregory XII succeeds Pope Innocent VII as the 205th pope.
  • December 25 – John II becomes King of Castile.

    • Date unknown

  • Construction of the Forbidden City begins in Beijing during the Chinese Ming dynasty.
  • Pisa is subjugated by Florence.

    • Births

  • January 28 – Guy XIV de Laval, French noble (d. 1486)
  • July 11 – William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1428-1441) (d. 1482)
  • September 26 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
  • date unknown
  • John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (d. 1464)
  • Margaret, Countess of Vertus, French countess (d. 1466)
  • Martin of Aragon, Aragon infante (d. 1407)
  • Ulrich II, Count of Celje (d. 1456)

    • Deaths

  • January 6 – Roger Walden, English bishop
  • March 19 – Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
  • April 4 – King Robert III of Scotland
  • May 4 – Coluccio Salutati, Chancellor of Florence (b. 1331)
  • July 15 – William, Duke of Austria
  • August 28 – John de Sutton V (b. 1380)
  • September 16 – Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
  • November 1 – Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1322)
  • November 6 – Pope Innocent VII
  • December 25 – King Henry III of Castile (b. 1379)
  • probable – Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde

    • References

    1406 Wikipedia
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