1405

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s
Years:	1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408

1405 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1405 MCDV
Ab urbe condita	2158
Armenian calendar	854 ԹՎ ՊԾԴ
Assyrian calendar	6155
Balinese saka calendar	1326–1327
Bengali calendar	812
Berber calendar	2355
English Regnal year	6Hen. 4– 7Hen. 4
Buddhist calendar	1949
Burmese calendar	767
Byzantine calendar	6913–6914
Chinese calendar	Giáp thânNiên (WoodMonkey) 4102 or 3895 — to — Ất dậu niên (WoodRooster) 4103 or 3896
Coptic calendar	1121–1122
Discordian calendar	2571
Ethiopian calendar	1397–1398
Hebrew calendar	5165–5166
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1461–1462
-Shaka Samvat	1326–1327
-Kali Yuga	4505–4506
Holocene calendar	11405
Igbo calendar	405–406
Iranian calendar	783–784
Islamic calendar	807–808
Japanese calendar	Ōei12 ( ứng vĩnh １２ niên )
Javanese calendar	1319–1320
Julian calendar	1405 MCDV
Korean calendar	3738
Minguo calendar	507 beforeROC Dân tiền 507 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−63
Thai solar calendar	1947–1948
Tibetan calendar	Dương mộc hầu niên (male Wood-Monkey) 1531 or 1150 or 378 — to — Âm mộc kê niên (female Wood-Rooster) 1532 or 1151 or 379

Year1405(MCDV) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar,the 1405th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 405th year of the2nd millennium,the 5th year of the15th century,and the 6th year of the1400sdecade.

Events

January–December

• May 29– InEngland,Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland,meetsRichard le Scrope,Archbishop of YorkandEarl of NorfolkThomas Mowbrayin Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home, and then imprisons them.
• June 8–Richard le Scrope,Archbishop of YorkandThomas Mowbray,Earl of Norfolk,are executed in York onHenry IV's orders.
• July 11–Ming Dynastyfleet commanderZheng Hesets sail fromSuzhou,toexplore the worldfor the first time.
• October 5–Christine de Pizanwrites a letter toQueen Isabeau,urging her to intervene in the political struggle between the dukes ofBurgundyandOrléans.
• November 17– TheSultanate of Suluis established on theSulu Archipelago,off the coast ofMindanaoin thePhilippines.

Date unknown

• The first record is written ofwhiskeybeing consumed inIreland,where it is distilled by Catholic monks.
• Bellifortis,a book on military technology, is published byKonrad Kyeser.
• Christine de PizanwritesThe Book of the City of Ladies.

Births

• February 8–Constantine XI,lastByzantine Emperor(d.1453)
• February 22–Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy,Scottish noble (d.1489)
• March 6– KingJohn II of Castile(d.1454)
• May 6–George Kastrioti,better known asSkanderbeg,Albanian national hero (d.1468) (probable date)
• October 18–Pope Pius II(d.1464)
• date unknown–Louis I, Count of Montpensier(d.1486)
  • Cecilia of Brandenburg,Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d.1449)

Deaths

• January 12–Eleanor Maltravers,English noblewoman (b.1345)
• February 14–Timur(aka Tamerlane),Turco-Mongolmonarch and conqueror (b.1336)
• March 16–Margaret III, Countess of Flanders(b.1350)
• April 19–Thomas West, 1st Baron West(b.1335)
• May 29–Philippe de Mézières,advisor toCharles V of France
• June 8
  • Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk,English rebel, executed in York (b. 1385)
  • Richard le Scrope,Archbishop of York, executed in York (b. c.1350)
• c.July 20–Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan,the "Wolf of Badenoch", fourth son of KingRobert II of Scotland(b.1343)
• probable–Jean Froissart,French chronicler (b.1337)