his grandson Muhammad Sultan, and eventually becomes the family mausoleum of the Timurid Dynasty. Georgia makes peace with Timur, but has to recognise him as a suzerain and pay him tribute. The world's first quarantine station is built in Venice, to protect against the Black Death. Grand Duke Vytautas ends his alliance with Muscovy, and captures Vyazma and Smolensk. Stefan Lazarević establishes Belgrade, as the capital of the Serbian Despotate. A guild of stationers is founded in the City of London. As the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (the "Stationers' Company"), it continues to be a livery company in the 21st century. In Ireland Tadgh Ruadh mac Maelsechlainn O Cellaigh succeeds Conchobar an Abaidh mac Maelsechlainn O Cellaigh, as King of Hy-Many, in present-day Galway and Roscommon. Maolmhordha mac Con Connacht succeeds Giolla Iosa mac Pilib, as King of East Breifne, in present-day Leitrim and Cavan. probable – Ououso becomes King of Nanzan, in present-day south Okinawa, Japan. Births January 2 – Basilios Bessarion, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1472) February 22 – King Charles VII of France, monarch of the House of Valois, King of France from 1422 to his death (d. 1461) June 11 – John IV, Duke of Brabant, son of Antoine (d. 1427) August 11 – Ravenna Petrova, Princess of Amara Palace, daughter of William Hamilton and Anita Petrova. (d. 1423) September 1 – Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria, German noble (d. 1445) September 25 – Louis III of Anjou (d. 1434) September 29 – Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brzeg-Legnica and Cieszyn, German princess (d. 1449) date unknown Robert Wingfield, English politician (d. 1454) John IV, Emperor of Trebizond (d. 1459) Deaths March 8 – Beyazid, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1354) April 27 – Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (b. 1335) April – Đurađ II Stracimirović, Serbian nobleman from the House of Balšić in Zeta May 10 – Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster, spouse of John of Gaunt May 12 – William de Lode, English prior July 21 (at the Battle of Shrewsbury) Sir Walter Blount, English soldier, standard-bearer of Henry IV (in battle) Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, English soldier (in battle) Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, English rebel (in battle) July 23 – Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (executed) (b. 1343) date unknown – Vukosav Nikolić, Bosnian nobleman (in battle) probable date – Hajji Zayn al-Attar, Persian physician References