1401

January–December

• January 6 - Rupert, King of Germany, is crowned King of the Romans at Cologne.
• March 2 - William Sawtrey, a Lollard, is the first person to be burned at the stake at Smithfield, London.
• March 13 - The Samogitians, supported by Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania, rebel against the Teutonic knights and burn two castles. Vytautas is granted increased autonomy by King Jogaila of the Poland–Lithuania union.
• March 24 - Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
• June
• * The English Pale in Ireland reduced to Dublin, County Kildare, County Louth, and County Meath.
• * Timur raids the city of Baghdad, in the Jalayirid Empire.
• October 14 - Sultan Mahmud II of Delhi is restored to power.

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• The De heretico comburendo Act is passed in England, as the Archbishop of Canterbury pressures King Henry IV of England into outlawing as heretics the Lollards, followers of John Wycliffe. Evidence of being a Lollard is having a copy of Wycliffe's translation of the Bible.
• Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northern India.
• Emperor Hồ Quý Ly of Dai Ngu passes the throne to his son, Hồ Hán Thương.
• A civil war, lasting four years, breaks out in the Majapahit Empire in present-day Indonesia.
• The Joseon Dynasty in present-day Korea officially enters into a tributary relationship with Ming Dynasty China.
• Japan re-enters into a tributary relationship with China.