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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s |
| Years: | 1401 1402 1403 - 1404 - 1405 1406 1407 |
| 1404 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1404 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1404
- June 14 - Rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies with the French against the English. He later begins holding parliamentary assemblies.
- October 17 - Pope Innocent VII succeeds Pope Boniface IX as the 204th pope.
- November 19 - St. Elizabeth's flood devastates parts of Flanders, Zeeland and Holland.
- Stefan Tvrtko II succeeds Stefan Ostoja as King of Bosnia.
- Peace is declared between Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights after they agree to exchange land and form an alliance against Muscovy.
- The University of Turin is founded.
- Timur is hit by a fever while preparing to invade China.
- Centurione II Zaccaria succeeds Maria II Zaccaria as ruler of the Principality of Achaea.
- Virupaksha Raya succeeds Harihara Raya II as ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire in present-day southern India.
- Narayana Ramadhipati succeeds Ponthea Yat as King of Cambodia.
- Ruaidri Caech MacDermot succeeds Conchobair Og MacDermot as King of Moylurg in present-day north-east Connacht, Ireland.
- The city of Vicenza comes under the rule of the Venetians.
| Gregorian calendar | 1404 MCDIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2157 |
| Armenian calendar | 853 ԹՎ ՊԾԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -440 – -439 |
| Berber calendar | 2354 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1948 |
| Burmese calendar | 766 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6912 – 6913 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸未年閏十一月十九日 (4040/4100-intercalary 11-19) — to —
甲申年十一月廿九日(4041/4101-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 1120 – 1121 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1396 – 1397 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5164 – 5165 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1459 – 1460 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1326 – 1327 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4505 – 4506 |
| Holocene calendar | 11404 |
| Iranian calendar | 782 – 783 |
| Islamic calendar | 806 – 807 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 11 (応永11年) |
| Korean calendar | 3737 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1947 |
Births
- February 9 - Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (d. 1453)
- February 14 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (d. 1472)
- March 25 - (baptism) - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)
- June - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1451)
- July 25 - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1430)
- September 10 - Gilles de Rais, French aristocrat (d. 1440)
- October 14 - Marie of Anjou, queen of Charles VII of France (d. 1463)
- date unknown
- Yamana Sōzen, Japanese warlord and monk (d. 1473)
Deaths
- April 27 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1342)
- September 14 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (b. 1377)
- September 27 - William of Wykeham, English bishop and statesman (b. 1320)
- October 1 - Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
- October 15 - Marie Valois, French princess (b. 1344)
- December 13 - Albert, Count of Holland (b. 1336)
- date unknown - Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia (b. 1350)