This article is about the year. For the short story by Stephen King, see 1408 (short story); for the film, see: 1408 (film).

Year 1408 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s 1360s - 1370s - 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s Years: 1370 1371 1372 1373 1374 1375 1376 1377 1378 1379 Events and Trends Mamai was a powerful military commander of Golden Horde, who resided in the western part of this... Events and Trends The Western Schism continues with Pope Urban VI and Avignon Pope Clement VII each considered by some to be the Pope. ... Events and Trends 1392 Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a coup détat, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan 1394 Expulsion of Jews from France 1395 End of reign of... Events and Trends Categories: 1400s ... Events and Trends Categories: 1410s ... Events and Trends Categories: 1420s ... Events and Trends A map of Europe in the 1430s. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Events May 29 - Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, meets Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home and then imprisons them June 8 - Archbishop Richard Scrope of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, executed in... Events Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing. ... Year 1407 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Events January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English. ... March 29 - The Aragonese capture Oristano, capital of the giudicato di Arborea in Sardinia July 15 – Battle of Grunwald (also known as Tannenberg or Zalgiris). ... Events February 11 : Peace of ToruÅ„ 1411 signed in ToruÅ„, Poland Births September 21 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (died 1460) Juan de Mena, Spanish poet (died 1456) Deaths June 3 - Duke Leopold IV of Austria (born 1371) November 4 - Khalil Sultan, ruler of... See also: 1390s in architecture, other events of 1400s, 1410s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The decade of the 1400s in art involved some significant events. ... (Redirected from 1408 in literature) See also: 14th century in literature, other events of the 15th century, 16th century in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1407 state leaders - Events of 1408 - 1409 state leaders - State leaders by year Asia China (Ming Dynasty) - Yongle, Emperor of China (1402 - 1424) Japan Monarch - Go-Komatsu, Emperor of Japan (1392-1412) Shogun (Ashikaga) - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Shogun of Japan (1394-1423) Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Taejong, King of Joseon (1400-1418... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ... 1408 is the second short story in the audiobook collection titled Blood and Smoke, by Stephen King, released in 1999. ... 1408 is a 2007 film based on the Stephen King short story of the same name. ... This is the calendar for any common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A), in other words, a common year where Doomsday is Tuesday. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ...

Events of 1408

• December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is founded under King Sigismund of Hungary.
• Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr.
• First mention of the Moldavian town of Iaşi.
• The Yongle Encyclopedia is completed.
• Gotland passes under Danish rule.

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Japanese era name. ... Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ...

Births

• April 8 - Jadwiga of Lithuania, Polish princess (died 1431)
• April 23 - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (died 1462)
• date unknown - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (died 1435)

April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jadwiga (8 April 1408 - 8 December 1431) of the House of Jagiellon was a daughter of Władysław II Jagiełło (ca. ... Events February 21 - The trial of Joan of Arc March 3 - Eugenius IV becomes Pope May 30 - In Rouen, France, 19-year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (23 April 1408 – 26 February 1462) was the son of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford. ... Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ... John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel (1408 - June 12, 1435) was an Engish nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years War. ... For other uses, see number 1435. ...

Deaths

• February 20 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (born 1342)
• May 31 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (born 1358)
• December 4 - Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
• date unknown
  • Pope Matthew of Alexandria, Coptic Pope
  • Elizabeth le Despenser, English noblewoman
  • John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (born 1370)
  • Miran Shah, son of Timur (born 1366)

February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (November 10, 1342 - February 20, 1408), was the son of Henry, 3rd baron Percy, and the father of Henry Harry Hotspur Percy. ... Events May - Pope Clement VI elected John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia Patriarch of Antioch transferred to Damascus under Ignatius II Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol Louis I becomes king of Hungary Births... May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kinkaku, the Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji, originated as the villa of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. ... Events Jacquerie. ... December 4th redirects here. ... Valentina Visconti (died December 4, 1408) was the wife of Louis de Valois, Duke of Orléans, the brother of Charles VI of France. ... Louis de Valois (March 13, 1372 – November 23, 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The following is a list of all the Coptic Popes who have led the Coptic Orthodox Church since the Council of Chalcedon. ... Elizabeth Despenser (died April 10, 1408) was an English noblewoman of the late 14th century. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Events Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. ... Miran Shah (1366-1408) was a son of Timur, and a Timurid governor during his fathers lifetime. ... Events Births Anne of Bohemia, Queen consort of Richard II of England. ...

Marriages

• September 16 - Thorstein Olafssøn married Sigrid Bjørnsdatter in Hvalsey Church, in the last recorded event of Norse history of Greenland