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| c. 1400 |
| | | Guilds of singers and song-writers develop in German towns, calling themselves Meistersinger, or master singers | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | Craftsmen and treasures arrive in large numbers in Samarkand, sent home from Timur's travels of conquest | |
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| 1400 |
| | | Richard II dies in Pontefract castle, almost certainly starved to death on the orders of the new king - insecure on his throne as an undeniable usurper | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | The final style of medieval painting, common to all Europe, is known as International Gothic because of its slender and elegant figures | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | The followers of Wycliffe, after his death, become known as Lollards or 'mutterers' | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | The English mystery cycles are performed by trade guilds, on carts pulled from audience to audience around the city | |
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| 1400 |
| | | The Welsh rise against the English and proclaim Owain Glyn Dwr as their own prince of Wales | |
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| c. 1400 |
| | | Majolica, or tin-glazed earthenware, reaches Italy from Majorca and thus gets its name | |
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| 1402 |
| | | The Ottoman sultan Bayazid is defeated and captured near Ankara by Timur, who keeps the sultan in captivity until his death the following year | |
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| 1402 |
| | | John Huss, known for his radical approach to Christianity, is put in charge of the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague | |
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