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Europe has about 52 million inhabitants.

September 16 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers.

Henry IV quells Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury and the Baron le Despencer for their attempt to have Richard II of England restored as King.

Jean Froissart writes the "Chronicles".

Medici family becomes powerful in Florence, Italy.

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December 25 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1487)

James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley (died 1459)

Luca della Robbia, Florentine sculptor (died 1482)

Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (died 1453)

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician (died 1460)

Owen Tudor, welsh soldier (died 1461)

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January 5 - John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed)

January 5 - Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (executed) (born 1374)

January 13 - Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (executed)

January 16 - John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed)

February 14 - King Richard II of England (murdered) (born 1367)

April 28 - Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist (born 1327)

October 25 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet

Narayana Pandit, Indian mathematician (born 1340)

Ralph Strode, English scholar (born 1350)