1402
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Template:C15YearInTopicX Year 1402 (MCDII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1402
- June 22 – Battle of Bryn Glas: The Welsh rebels defeat the English on the England/Wales border.
- June 26 – Battle of Casalecchio: Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the Duke of Milan, crushes the forces of Bologna and Florence, but he dies from a fever later this year and is succeeded by his son Gian Maria Visconti.
- July 12 – The rebel army of Zhu Di occupies the Ming Dynasty China capital Fengtian. Emperor Jianwen is either lost or killed and Zhu Di is crowned as Emperor Hongwu. This marked the end of Jingnan campaign.
- July 20 – Battle of Ankara: An invading Timurid Dynasty force defeats the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, who is captured. A period of interregnum begins in the Ottoman Empire with the future Mehmed I as one of the leading claimants to the throne.
- September – Penal Laws against Wales The English Parliament pass the Penal Laws against Wales. The Laws stopped the Welsh from gathering together, obtaining office, carrying arms and living in English towns. Any Englishman who married a Welsh woman also came under the Penal Laws of 1402.
- September 14 – Battle of Homildon Hill: Northern English nobles led by Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy defeat a Scottish raiding army under the Earl of Douglas.
- After Serbia is freed from Ottoman rule, Stefan Lazarević is crowned as Despot of Serbia.
- After the Christian Knights of Saint John, who are ruling Smyrna, refuse to convert to Islam or pay tribute, Timur has the entire population massacred.
- The Knights of Saint John subsequently begin building Bodrum Castle in Bodrum to defend against future attacks.
- David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland, dies while being held captive by his uncle, Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany.
- King Henry III of Castile sends French explorer Jean de Béthencourt to colonize the Canary Islands. Béthencourt receives the title King of the Canary Islands, but recognizes King Henry III as his overlord. This marked the beginning of the Spanish Empire.
- The Genoese regain control of Monaco.
- King Jogaila of the Poland–Lithuania union answers the rumblings against his rule of Poland by marrying Anna of Celje, a granddaughter of Casimir III of Poland.
- Maria II Zaccaria succeeds Peter of Saint Superan as ruler of the Principality of Achaea (now southern Greece).
- Moldavia becomes a vassal of Poland in order to protect itself from an invasion by Hungary.
- After the death of Queen Mary of Sicily, her husband Martin I of Sicily becomes sole ruler.
- The Kangnido map of the world is completed in Joseon Dynasty Korea.
- Conchobar an Abaidh mac Maelsechlainn O Cellaigh succeeds Maelsechlainn mac William Buidhe O Cellaigh as King of Hy-Many in present day County Galway and County Roscommon in Ireland.
- The University of Würzburg, Germany is founded.
- The White Sheep Turkmen Empire, in present-day northern Iraq and Iran, moves its capital from Amida to Diyarbakır.[citation needed]
- The Great Comet of 1402 is sighted.
| Gregorian calendar | 1402 MCDII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2155 |
| Armenian calendar | 851 ԹՎ ՊԾԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6152 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1323–1324 |
| Bengali calendar | 809 |
| Berber calendar | 2352 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Hen. 4 – 4 Hen. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1946 |
| Burmese calendar | 764 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6910–6911 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4099 or 3892 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4100 or 3893 |
| Coptic calendar | 1118–1119 |
| Discordian calendar | 2568 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1394–1395 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5162–5163 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1458–1459 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1323–1324 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4502–4503 |
| Holocene calendar | 11402 |
| Igbo calendar | 402–403 |
| Iranian calendar | 780–781 |
| Islamic calendar | 804–805 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 9 (応永９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1316–1317 |
| Julian calendar | 1402 MCDII |
| Korean calendar | 3735 |
| Minguo calendar | 510 before ROC 民前510年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −66 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1944–1945 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1528 or 1147 or 375 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1529 or 1148 or 376 |
Births
- August 15 – Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d. 1460)
- September 29 – Fernando, the Saint Prince of Portugal (d. 1443)
- November 23 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
- Leonor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1449)
Deaths
- May 3 – João Anes, Archbishop of Lisbon
- July 13 – Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377)
- August 1 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III of England (b. 1341)
- September 3 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (b. 1351)
- October 24 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)
- date unknown – Mary of Sicily (b. 1370)
- King Oueishi of Nanzan
- See also Category: 1402 deaths.