1406

Year 1406 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1406

* November 30 - Pope Gregory XII succeeds Pope Innocent VII as the 205th pope.
* December 25 - John II becomes King of Castile.
* Construction of the Forbidden City begins in Beijing during the Chinese Ming Dynasty.
* Richard Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London.
* Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England.
* James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV of England.
* Richard, Earl of Cambridge, marries Anne Mortimer.
* Pisa is subjugated by Florence.

Births

* September 26 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430)
*"date unknown" - Ulrich II of Celje (d. 1456)
* Lorenzo Valla, humanist

Deaths

* January 6 - Roger Walden, English bishop
* March 19 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
* April 4 - King Robert III of Scotland
* May 4 - Coluccio Salutati, Chancellor of Florence (b. 1331)
* July 15 - Duke William of Austria
* September 16 - Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
* November 6 - Pope Innocent VII
*"date unknown"
**King Henry III of Castile (b. 1379)
**Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1322)
**John de Sutton V (b. 1380)
*"probable" - Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde