Events January–March January 6 – Rupert, King of Germany, is crowned King of the Romans at Cologne. January 12 – Emperor Hồ Quý Ly of Dai Ngu (now Vietnam) passes the throne to his son, Hồ Hán Thương.Complete Annals of Dai Viet, Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi, 1998, volume 2, page 195 January 16 – After their disastrous defeat on December 25 in the Battle of Dongchang in the Jingnan campaign, the forces of the Principality of Yan within China return to Beiping (located at the site of present-day Beijing).Taizong Shilu, Volume 7 January 20 – The Parliament of England is opened at Westminster by King Henry IV. February 3 – The Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, who has spent almost two months in England as the guest of King Henry IV, accepts a payment of 3,000 English gold marks in support of an alliance between the two nations, then makes plans to depart England for France.Kenneth M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571), Volume I: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries (The American Philosophical Society, 1976) p.374 February 16 – Jingnan campaign: After a month's recovery from defeat in battle in China, Prince Zhu Di mobilizes his troops at Beijing and marches south to fight the Ming dynasty Jianwen Emperor. John Barry is appointed as the new Attorney-General for Ireland. March 2 – William Sawtrey, a Roman Catholic priest and adherent to the Lollard faith becomes the first person in England to be burned at the stake under the new De heretico comburendo law (officially the Suppression of Heresy Act 1400), dying at Smithfield, London after being convicted of heresy against the Roman Catholic faith. March 10 – As the English Parliament session closes, King Henry IV gives royal assent to the Suppression of Heresy Act, permitting secular authorities to carry out punishment for religious crimes. The assent comes after the Archbishop of Canterbury pressures King Henry to outlaw the Lollards, followers of John Wycliffe, and criminalizes possession of a copy of Wycliffe's translation of the Bible. March 13 – The Samogitians, supported by Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania, rebel against the Teutonic knights and burn two castles. Vytautas is granted increased autonomy by King Jogaila of the Poland–Lithuania union. March 17 – Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. March 22 – Jingnan campaign: Prince Zhu Di of Yan leads his troops across the Jia River into the Heibei province.Mingjian Gangmu, Volume 2: 棣將輕騎來覘，掠陣過，庸遣千騎追之 The Ming dynasty Jianwen Emperor directs that Zhu Di is not to be killed.
Events January–March January 6 – Rupert, King of Germany, is crowned King of the Romans at Cologne. January 12 – Emperor Hồ Quý Ly of Dai Ngu (now Vietnam) passes the throne to his son, Hồ Hán Thương.Complete Annals of Dai Viet, Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi, 1998, volume 2, page 195 January 16 – After their disastrous defeat on December 25 in. the Battle of Dongchang in the Jingnan campaign, the forces of the Principality of Yan within China return to Beiping (located at the site of present-day Beijing).Taizong Shilu, Volume 7 January 20 – The Parliament of England is opened at Westminster by King Henry IV. February 3 – The Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, who has spent almost two months in England as the guest of King Henry IV, accepts a payment of 3,000 English gold marks in support of an alliance between the two nations, then makes plans to depart England for France.Kenneth M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571), Volume I: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries (The American Philosophical Society, 1976) p374 February 16 – Jingnan campaign: After a month's recovery from defeat in battle in China, Prince Zhu Di mobilizes his troops at Beijing and marches south to fight the Ming dynasty Jianwen Emperor. John Barry is appointed as the new Attorney-General for Ireland. March 2 – William Sawtrey, a Roman Catholic priest and adherent to the Lollard faith becomes the first person in England to be burned at the stake under the new De heretico comburendo law (officially the Suppression of Heresy Act 1400), dying at Smithfield, London after being convicted of heresy against the Roman Catholic faith. March 10 – As the English Parliament session closes, King Henry IV gives royal assent to the Suppression of Heresy Act, permitting secular authorities to carry out punishment for religious crimes. The assent comes after the Archbishop of Canterbury pressures King Henry to outlaw the Lollards, followers of John Wycliffe, and criminalizes possession of a copy of Wycliffe's translation of the Bible. March 13 – The Samogitians, supported by Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania, rebel against the Teutonic knights and burn two castles. Vytautas is granted increased autonomy by King Jogaila of the Poland–Lithuania union. March 17 – Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. March 22 – Jingnan campaign: Prince Zhu Di of Yan leads his troops across the Jia River into the Heibei province.Mingjian Gangmu, Volume 2: 棣將輕騎來覘，掠陣過，庸遣千騎追之 The Ming dynasty Jianwen Emperor directs that Zhu Di is not to be killed.