Achaea on Peloponnesos, Greece

In the year 1399, Richard II of England (a.k.a. Richard of Bordeaux) is taken prisoner upon his return from Ireland (Aug 19), the English parliament accepts Henry Bolingbroke as the new king of England (Sep 30), and he is crowned as Henry IV (Oct 13), the Principality of Achaea resists an invasion by the Ottoman Empire, Novgorod forces make frequent attacks in northern Finland, the Kingdom of Mysore (surviving until 1950) in India is founded - and all these fine people were born:

 1399-xxxx William II Canynges* wealthy merchant/occasional royal financier/Mayor of Bristol/MP - Bristol, England (1474/c.74)
1399-xxxx Rogier van der Weyden* Dutch painter - Tournal (1464/c.64)
1399-xxxx Zara Yaqob* Emperor of Ethiopia - Shewa, Ethiopian Empire (1468/c.68)

1399-0316 Xuande Emperor* the fifth Emperor of the Ming dynasty - Beijing, China (1435/35)  

1399-0626 John of Orléans* Count of Angoulême and of Périgord/grandson of Charles V of France - Kingdom of France (1467/67)     

1399-0810 Pietro Geremia* nobleman/Roman Catholic priest - Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily (1452/52  

Updated 5.12.2021
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