Who was alive in 1400?
32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1400. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.
Events in 1400
- Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453
Ibn Khaldun68
Timur64
Zheng He28–29
Donatello11–16
Jan Hus20–30
Pope Callixtus III21
Henry V of England14
Jan van Eyck7–12
Bayezid I44–48
Pope Eugene IV16–17
Pope Nicholas V1–5
Pope Martin V30–32
Christine de Pizan36
Charles VI of France32
Ulugh Beg6
Thomas à Kempis17–22- Sejong the Great3
Pope Gregory XII63–67
Władysław II Jagiełło37–38- Pope Innocent VII60–64
Henry IV of England33
Mehmed I13–14
Pope Boniface IX43–44
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor32- Andrei Rublev30–40
Filippo Brunelleschi22–23
Prince Henry the Navigator6- Zeami Motokiyo34–39
Margaret I of Denmark46–47
James I of Scotland6
Manuel II Palaiologos50
Cosimo de' Medici11
Where the people alive in 1400 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Ibn Khaldun: Tunis
- Timur: Shahrisabz
- Zheng He: Kunming
- Donatello: Florence
- Jan Hus: Husinec
- Pope Callixtus III: Torreta de Canals
- Henry V of England: Monmouth Castle
- Jan van Eyck: Maaseik
- Bayezid I: Edirne
- Pope Eugene IV: Venice
- Pope Nicholas V: Sarzana
- Pope Martin V: Genazzano
- Christine de Pizan: Venice
- Charles VI of France: Paris
- Ulugh Beg: Soltaniyeh
- Thomas à Kempis: Kempen
- Sejong the Great: Tongin-dong
- Pope Gregory XII: Venice
- Władysław II Jagiełło: Vilnius
- Pope Innocent VII: Sulmona
- Henry IV of England: Bolingbroke Castle
- Mehmed I: Bursa
- Pope Boniface IX: Naples
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
- Andrei Rublev: Grand Principality of Moscow
- Filippo Brunelleschi: Florence
- Prince Henry the Navigator: Porto
- Zeami Motokiyo: Iga Province
- Margaret I of Denmark: Søborg Castle
- James I of Scotland: Dunfermline Palace
- Manuel II Palaiologos: Constantinople
- Cosimo de' Medici: Florence