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What Happened in 1402

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Major Events

  • Jul 20 Battle of Ankara: Army of Timur (Tamerlane) with its armor-plated elephants defeats forces of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, capturing Bayezid in the process leading to an Ottoman power vacuum

Born in 1402

  • Sep 29 Ferdinand, the Holy Prince, Portuguese prince, and prisoner of war at Fez, The Marinid Sultanate (d. 1443)
  • Nov 23 Jean de Dunois "Bastard of OrlĂ©ans", French soldier who fought with Joan of Arc (d. 1468)

Who Died in 1402

  • Jul 13 Jianwen, 2nd Emperor of the Ming Empire (1398-1402), dies at 24
  • Aug 1 Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England, dies at 61
  • Sep 3 Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke and tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51


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