1406
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s |
| 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.
[edit] Events of 1406
- November 30 - Pope Gregory XII succeeds Pope Innocent VII as the 205th pope.
- December 25 - John II becomes King of Castile.
- Construction of the Forbidden City begins in Beijing during the Chinese Ming Dynasty.
- Richard Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London.
- 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.
- Pisa is subjugated by Florence.
| Gregorian calendar | 1406 MCDVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2159 |
| Armenian calendar | 855 ԹՎ ՊԾԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -438 – -437 |
| Berber calendar | 2356 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1950 |
| Burmese calendar | 768 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6914 – 6915 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年十二月十一日 (4042/4102-12-11) — to —
丙戌年十一月廿一日(4043/4103-11-21) |
| 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 13 (応永13年) |
| Korean calendar | 3739 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1949 |
[edit] Births
- September 26 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
- date unknown - Ulrich II of Celje (d. 1456)
- Lorenzo Valla, humanist
[edit] 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 - Duke William of Austria
- September 16 - Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
- November 6 - Pope Innocent VII
- date unknown
- King Henry III of Castile (b. 1379)
- Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1322)
- John de Sutton V (b. 1380)
- probable - Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde
