Malaysia and northern Sumatra. Hananchi succeeds Min as King of Hokuzan, in modern-day north Okinawa, Japan. Wallachia (modern-day southern Romania) resists an invasion by the Ottomans. A Wallachian army captures Iuga, and makes Alexandru cel Bun the Prince of Moldavia. The Kingdom of Kongo begins. The Haast's eagle and Moa are both driven to extinction by Māori hunters. The Mississippian culture starts to decline. Europe is reported to have around 52 million inhabitants. The House of Medici becomes powerful in Florence. Newcastle upon Tyne is created a county corporate, by Henry IV of England. Jean Froissart completes his Chronicles, detailing the events of the 14th Century in France. Births January 13 – Infante John of Portugal, the Constable (d. 1442) March 15 – Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins, Justice Minister of France (d. 1472) May 19 – John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English baron (d. 1462) June 14 – Joan Ramon II, Count of Cardona (d. 1471) July 26 – Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester, English noble (d. 1439) October 24 – Mani' ibn Rabi'a al-Muraydi, oldest known ancestor of the House of Al Sa'ud (d. 1463) December 25 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1487) date unknown James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley (d. 1459) Luca della Robbia, Florentine sculptor (d. 1482) Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (d. 1453). Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician (d. 1460) Owen Tudor, Welsh courtier (d. 1461) Rogier van der Weyden, Dutch painter (or 1399) Hans Multscher, German painter and sculptor (d. 1467) Helene Kottanner, Hungarian writer and courtier (d. after 1470) probable Marina Nani, Venetian dogaressa (d. 1473) Giovanna Dandolo, Venetian dogaressa (d. after 1462) Johannes Gutenberg (d. 1468) Deaths January 7 Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (executed) (b. 1374) John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English earl (executed) (b. 1350) January 13 – Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (executed) (b. 1373) January 16 – John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) February 14 – King Richard II of England, (probably murdered) (b. 1367) April 21 – John Wittlebury, English politician (b. 1333) April 23 – Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, third son of John de Vere (b. 1338) April 28 – Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist (b. 1327) June 5 – Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, rival King of the Romans June 17 – Jan