1405

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s
Years:	1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408

1405 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1405 MCDV
Ab urbe condita	2158
Armenian calendar	854 ԹՎ ՊԾԴ
Assyrian calendar	6155
Balinese saka calendar	1326–1327
Bengali calendar	812
Berber calendar	2355
English Regnal year	6 Hen. 4 – 7 Hen. 4
Buddhist calendar	1949
Burmese calendar	767
Byzantine calendar	6913–6914
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4102 or 3895     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4103 or 3896
Coptic calendar	1121–1122
Discordian calendar	2571
Ethiopian calendar	1397–1398
Hebrew calendar	5165–5166
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1461–1462
- Shaka Samvat	1326–1327
- Kali Yuga	4505–4506
Holocene calendar	11405
Igbo calendar	405–406
Iranian calendar	783–784
Islamic calendar	807–808
Japanese calendar	Ōei 12 (応永１２年)
Javanese calendar	1319–1320
Julian calendar	1405 MCDV
Korean calendar	3738
Minguo calendar	507 before ROC 民前507年
Nanakshahi calendar	−63
Thai solar calendar	1947–1948
Tibetan calendar	阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1531 or 1150 or 378     — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1532 or 1151 or 379

Year 1405 (MCDV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1405th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 405th year of the 2nd millennium, the 5th year of the 15th century, and the 6th year of the 1400s decade.

Events

January–December

• January 19 – Upon the death of Prince Sigismund of Anhalt-Dessau (now within the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt in southeastern Germany), his four sons Waldemar IV, George, Albert V and Sigismund II become the joint rulers of the principality. Upon the death of Waldemar in 1417, Sigismund in 1452, and Albert in 1469, George will reign alone for five more years until his death in 1469.
• February 20 – Khalil Sultan becomes the new ruler of the western side of the Timurid Empire upon the death of his grandfather, the Mongol conqueror Tamerlane], while the son of Tamerlane, Shah Rukh, becomes the ruler of the eastern side.
• March 21 – John the Fearless, already Duke of Burgundy, becomes the Count of Flanders upon the death of his mother, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, bringing the French speakers of Burgundy and the Flemish speaking citizens of Flanders under common rule in what will later become the Kingdom of Belgium.
• March 31 – Antonio I Acciaioli, Duke of Athens, reaches an agreement with the Venetian Senate and with Michele Steno, Doge of Venice, for payment of reparations to Venice in return for being able to continue ruling Athens.
• April 11 – The three sons of Philip the Bold—John the Fearless, Philip II, and Anthony— agree at Arras to partition the Burgundian lands of their father between themselves, with John to retain Flanders, Philip to take the County of Nevers, and Anthony to retain Rethel as well to purchase the Duchy of Brabant from John.
• April 12 – On Palm Sunday, Prince James, the 10-year-old son of King Robert III of Scotland, is captured while being taken across the English Channel from Scotland to France when the ship he is on, Maryenknyght, is captured by the English Navy. The crown prince is delivered to London where he is held hostage by King Henry IV of England for the next 18 years. King Robert III dies two years after his son's capture and the prince, now King James I, is held prisoner until an agreement is reached.
• May 29 – In England, Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, meets Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home, and then imprisons them.
• June 8 – Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.
• July 11 – Ming Dynasty fleet commander Zheng He sets sail from Suzhou, to explore the world for the first time.
• October 5 – Christine de Pizan writes a letter to Queen Isabeau, urging her to intervene in the political struggle between the dukes of Burgundy and Orléans.
• November 17 – The Sultanate of Sulu is established on the Sulu Archipelago, off the coast of Mindanao in the Philippines.
• November 22 – The War of Padua in Italy comes to an end as Padua and Ferrara surrender to the armies of the Venetian Republic, commanded by General Malatesta IV.The Republic of Venice then annexes the territory of the defeated lordships.

Date unknown

• The first record is written of whiskey being consumed in Ireland, where it is distilled by Catholic monks.
• Bellifortis, a book on military technology, is published by Konrad Kyeser.
• Christine de Pizan writes The Book of the City of Ladies.

Births

• February 8 – Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (d. 1453)
• February 22 – Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy, Scottish noble (d. 1489)
• March 6 – King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
• May 6 – George Kastrioti, better known as Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (d. 1468) (probable date)
• October 18 – Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
• date unknown – Louis I, Count of Montpensier (d. 1486)
  • Cecilia of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1449)

Deaths

• January 12 – Eleanor Maltravers, English noblewoman (b. 1345)
• February 14 – Timur (aka Tamerlane), Turco-Mongol monarch and conqueror (b. 1336)
• March 16 – Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (b. 1350)
• April 19 – Thomas West, 1st Baron West (b. 1335)
• May 29 – Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
• June 8
  • Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, English rebel, executed in York (b. 1385)
  • Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York, executed in York (b. c.1350)
• c. July 20 – Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, the "Wolf of Badenoch", fourth son of King Robert II of Scotland (b. 1343)
• probable – Jean Froissart, French chronicler (b. 1337)