In the year 1400, Henry IV of England executes Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury, and the Baron de Despencer for their attempt to have Richard II restored as king (Jan) who then soon dies in captivity (Feb 14), the English occupy Edinburgh, but fail to capture Edinburgh Castle (Aug), the Mississippian Culture starts to decline, the Kingdom of Kongo begins, remaining mostly independent for nearly 500 years - and all these fine people were born:

1400-xxxx Johannes Gutenberg* blacksmith/ printer/inventor - Mainz, Electrorate of Mainz (1468/ca68)
1400-xxxx Luca della Robbia* sculptor - Florence, Italy (1482/82-83)

1400-0113 John, Constable of Portugal* son of King John I of Portugal - Santarém, Kingdom of Portugal (1442/42)

1400-0519 John Stourton* soldier/ politician/nobleman - Stourton, Wiltshire, England (1462/62)
1400-0531 Domenico Capranica* Italian theologian/canonist/Cardinal - Capranica Prenestina, Papal States (1458/58)

1400-0726 Isabel Despenser* noblewoman/granddaughter of King Edward III of England - England (1439/39)

1400-1225 John Sutton* nobleman/ diplomat/councillor of King Henry VI - Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, England (1487/86)

Updated 28.11.2021
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