| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s
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| Years: | 1398 1399 1400 - 1401 - 1402 1403 1404 |
| 1401 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1401 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1401[]
- Timur raids the city of Baghdad in the Jalayirid Empire.
- Passing of the De heretico comburendo Act in England - the Archbishop of Canterbury pressures King Henry IV of England into outlawing as heretics anyone owning an English translation of the Bible.
- Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northern India.
- Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania is granted increased autonomy by King Jogaila of the Poland-Lithuania union.
- Emperor Ho Quy Ly of Dai Ngu (now Vietnam) passes the throne to his son, Thai Thuong Hoang.
- A civil war, lasting four years, breaks out in the Majapahit Empire in present-day Indonesia.
- The Joseon Dynasty in the present-day Korea officially enters into a tributary relationship with Ming Dynasty China.
- Japan re-enters into a tributary relationship with Ming Dynasty China.
| Gregorian calendar | 1401 MCDI
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2154 |
| Armenian calendar | 850 ԹՎ ՊԾ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -443 – -442 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1945 |
| Coptic calendar | 1117 – 1118 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1393 – 1394 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5161 – 5162 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1456 – 1457 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1323 – 1324 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4502 – 4503 |
| Holocene calendar | 11401 |
| Iranian calendar | 779 – 780 |
| Islamic calendar | 803 – 804 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2061 (皇紀2061年) |
| Julian calendar | 1446 |
| Korean calendar | 3734 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1944 |
Births[]
- May 12 - Emperor Shoko of Japan (died 1428)
- July 23 - Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1466)
- October 27 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry VI of England (died 1437)
- November 26 - Henry Beaufort (died 1418)
- December 21 - Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (died 1428)
- Charles I (died 1456)
- Jacqueline (died 1436)
- probable
- Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher, mathematician and astronomer (died 1464)
Deaths[]
- March - William Sawtrey, English Lollard martyr (burned at the stake)
- April 8 (or August 8) Thomas de Beauchamp (born 1338)
- October 20 - Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate
- date unknown
- Anabella Drummond, queen of Scotland
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People of the year 1401 at Familypedia
12 people were born in 1401
9 children were born to the 7 women born in 1401
15 people died in 1401
912 people lived in 1401
Events of the year 1401 at Familypedia
14 people were married in 1401.
There were 0 military battles in 1401.