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1408

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.

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.
• The Moldavian town of Iaşi is first mentioned.
• The Yongle Encyclopedia is completed.
• Gotland passes under Danish rule.
• Zheng He delivers 300 virgins from Korea to the Chinese emperor.

Births

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

Deaths

• February 20 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)
• May 24 - Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
• May 31 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
• December 4 - Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
• date unknown
  • Coptic Pope Mathhew of Alexandria
  • Elizabeth le Despenser, English noblewoman
  • John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370)
  • Miran Shah, son of Timur (b. 1366)

Marriages

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