1403
| Years: 1400 1401 1402 - 1403 - 1404 1405 1406 | |
| Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
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Events
- July 21 - Battle of Shrewsbury. King Henry IV of England defeats a rebel army led by "Hotspur" Percy, who is killed.
- Jan Hus begins preaching Wycliffite ideas in Bohemia
- Ming Emperor Zhu Li renamed the old Yuan (Mongul) capital as Beijing
- Yongle Encyclopedia, Chinese proto-encyclopedia has 22937 volumes (only three printed) (According to other sources, 11092 parts)
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Births
- February 22 - King Charles VII of France (died 1461)
- June 11 - John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)
- Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros (died 1431)
- Robert Wingfield, English politician (died 1454)
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Deaths
- July 21 - Henry Percy, English soldier (killed in battle)
- July 23 - Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (born 1343)
- Beyazid, Ottoman Sultan (born 1354)
- Katherine Swynford, English noblewoman
- Hajji Zayn al-Attar, Persian physician
- William de Lode, English prior
