| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s
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| Years: | 1403 1404 1405 - 1406 - 1407 1408 1409 |
| 1406 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1406 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1406[]
- Construction of the Forbidden City begins in Beijing during the Chinese Ming Dynasty.
- 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, marries Anne Mortimer.
- November 30 - Pope Gregory XII succeeds Pope Innocent VII as the 205th pope.
- Pisa is subjugated by Florence.
| Gregorian calendar | 1406 MCDVI
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2159 |
| Armenian calendar | 855 ԹՎ ՊԾԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -438 – -437 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1950 |
| Coptic calendar | 1122 – 1123 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1398 – 1399 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5166 – 5167 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1461 – 1462 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1328 – 1329 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4507 – 4508 |
| Holocene calendar | 11406 |
| Iranian calendar | 784 – 785 |
| Islamic calendar | 808 – 809 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2066 (皇紀2066年) |
| Julian calendar | 1451 |
| Korean calendar | 3739 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1949 |
Births[]
- September 26 - Thomas de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
- date unknown - Ulrich II of Celje (died 1456)
Deaths[]
- January 6 - Roger Walden, English bishop
- March 19 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (born 1332)
- April 4 - King Robert III of Scotland
- May 4 - Coluccio Salutati, Chancellor of Florence (born 1331)
- July 15 - Duke William of Austria
- September 16 - Cyprian
- November 6 - Pope Innocent VII
- date unknown
- King Henry III of Castile (born 1379)
- Joanna (born 1322)
- John de Sutton V (born 1380)
- probable - Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde
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People of the year 1406 at Familypedia
17 people were born in 1406
10 children were born to the 4 women born in 1406
20 people died in 1406
913 people lived in 1406
Events of the year 1406 at Familypedia
19 people were married in 1406.
There were 0 military battles in 1406.