This page relates to the year 1405 Calendrier Julien.

Events

Asia

• Beginning of the voyages of the Admiral Chinese Eunuque Zheng He towards the Indonesia, the India, the Arabia and the east coast of the Africa (until in 1433). It carries out seven forwardings which lead to the naval hegemony of China on the seas of the Probe and the Indian Ocean (1405-1424): Champa, Kampuchea, Siam, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Ceylon, Bengal and southernmost India. The Chinese squadrons are present at Ormuz, Aden and Djedda. Twice, the fleet touches the Eastern coast of the Africa.

The Middle East

• April 3rd:
• Died of Tamerlan, decline of the Empire timuride.
• Beginning of the reign of Shah Rukh Mirza, Persian sultan timouride of (fine in 1447).
• Ahmat Djalaïr, former Mongolian governor, is restored with Baghdad with died of Tamerlan.

Europe

• Fine February, France: Jean without Peur disputes with the Council with the duke Louis of Orleans, then this with him the October 16th reconciles.
• June 17th: Victoire of Swiss on the Habsbourg with the Battle in Stoss.

• Pisa, sold with Florence, resists in vain (1404 - 1406).

• Florence buys the port of Leghorn.

• the pope draws the attention of the archbishop of Prague to progress of the heresy of John Wyclif in Bohemia.

• Sigismond of Hungary is constrained to publish a Gold Bubble increasing the privileges of the nobility, granting the right of justice to him on the tenants, the increase in the country royalties, the right for the owners of the mines to exploit them themselves, whereas they were up to that point royal monopoly.

Art & culture

• the City of the ladies , of Christine de Pisan, appears with Paris.
• Construction of the canopies of the Apocalypse in the cathedral of York.
• Construction of the tomb of Tamerlan ( Timour Lenk ) to Samarkand.
• Beginning of the constuction of the palate of Changdeokgung in Korea.
• Théophane the Greek and André Roublev decorate the church with the Annunciation, with the the Kremlin of Moscow.

Science & technology

• a portable Firearm, a Couleuvrine, is represented for the first time in a Miniature.
• According to the accounts, the largest Chinese ships exceed 122 m length. In 1957, excavations led on the site of the shipyard of the fleet of Zheng He put at the day a deck-beam Gouvernail out of 11 m length wood, which corresponds to a ship from 146 to 160 m length.

Births in 1405

• February 9th: Constantin XI Paleologist, last Byzantine Emperor.
• October 18th: Black and white II ( Enea Silvio Piccolomini ), 210^e Pope of the Catholic church, 1458 with 1464. († August 14th 1464).

Death in 1405

• January 19th: Tamerlan ( Timour Lenk ) before the beginning of the holy war against the China.

• Mallu Ikbal, vizier of the Sultanate of Delhi which exerted the power, in a combat against the governor of Multân.
• Claus Sluter, sculptor of origin Dutchwoman (born v. 1350, dead at the end of 1405 or beginning 1406), founder of the school of Burgundian sculpture.
• Jean III, duke of Oświęcim.

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