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Years: 1398 1399 1400 - 1401 - 1402 1403 1404

Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• The Lollards, a religious sect taught by John Wycliffe, were persecuted for their beliefs. The Archbishop of Canterbury pressured King Henry IV of England to outlaw them as heretics, under the Act De Heretico Comburendo. After travelling to London, William Sawtrey was executed by burning for preaching his beliefs.

Births

• May 12 - Emperor Shoko of Japan (died 1428)
• October 27 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry VI of England (died 1437)
• November 26 - Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (died 1418)
• December 21 - Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (died 1428)
• Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (died 1456)
• Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (died 1436)
• Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher, mathematician and astronomer (died 1464)
• Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1466)

Deaths

• William Sawtrey, English martyr
• Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (born 1338)af:1401

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