Year 1406 (MCDVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December April 4 – James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV of England. October 7 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms land on Jersey, and fight a battle against 3,000 defenders. October 13 – Richard Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London for a second full term. He holds this office simultaneously, with that of Mayor of the Calais Staple. October 26 – Eric of Pomerania marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England. November 30 – Pope Gregory XII succeeds Pope Innocent VII, as the 205th pope. December 25 – John II becomes King of Castile. Date unknown Construction of the Forbidden City begins in Beijing during the Chinese Ming Dynasty. Pisa is subjugated by Florence. Births January 28 – Guy XIV de Laval, French noble (d. 1486) July 11 – William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1428-1441) (d. 1482) September 26 – Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1430) date unknown John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (d. 1464) Margaret, Countess of Vertus, French countess (d. 1466) Martin of Aragon, Aragon infante (d. 1407) Ulrich II, Count of Celje (d. 1456) probable date Iancu de Hunedoara – governor of Hungary (d. 1456) Deaths January 6 – Roger Walden, English bishop March 17 – Ibn Khaldun, African Arab historian (b. 1332) April 4 – King Robert III of Scotland (b. 1337) May 4 – Coluccio Salutati, Chancellor of Florence (b. 1331) July 15 – William, Duke of Austria August 28 – John de Sutton V (b. 1380) September 16 – Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow November 1 – Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1322) November 6 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339) December 25 – King Henry III of Castile (b. 1379) probable date – Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde References