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This article is about the year. For the short story by Stephen King, see 1408 (short story); for the film, see: 1408 (film).

Year 1408 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1408

• December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is founded under King Sigismund of Hungary.
• Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr.
• The Moldavian town of Iaşi is first mentioned.
• The Yongle Encyclopedia is completed.
• Gotland passes under Danish rule.
• Zheng He delivers 300 virgins from Korea to the Chinese emperor.

Births

• April 8 - Jadwiga of Lithuania, Polish princess (d. 1431)
• April 23 - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)
• date unknown - John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (d. 1435)
• May 9 - Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of South India to compose songs called “sankIrtanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala. (d. 1408)

Deaths

• February 20 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)
• May 24 - Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
• May 31 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
• December 4 - Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
• date unknown
  • Coptic Pope |Matthew I of Alexandria
  • Elizabeth le Despenser, English noblewoman
  • John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370)
  • Miran Shah, son of Timur (b. 1366)

Marriages

• September 16 - Thorstein Olafssøn marries Sigrid Bjørnsdatter in Hvalsey Church, in the last recorded event of the Norse history of Greenland.