Year 1402 (MCDII ) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
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January– December
January 29 – King Jogaila of the Poland –Lithuania Union answers the rumblings against his rule of Poland, by marrying Anna of Celje , a granddaughter of Casimir III of Poland .
March 26 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay , heir to the throne of Scotland , dies while being held captive by his uncle, Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany .
May 21 – Following the death of Queen Maria of Sicily , her husband Martin I of Sicily , now sole ruler, marries Blanche of Navarre .
June 22
June 26 – Battle of Casalecchio : Gian Galeazzo Visconti , the Duke of Milan , crushes the forces of Bologna and Florence , but dies from a fever later this year and is succeeded by his son, Gian Maria Visconti .
July 12 – The Ming dynasty prince Zhu Di and his army occupy the Ming capital, Nanjing . The Jianwen Emperor is either lost or killed and Zhu Di takes over the throne as the Yongle Emperor , marking the end of the Jingnan campaign .
July 20 – Battle of Ankara : An invading Timurid Empire force defeats the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I , who is captured. A period of interregnum begins in the Ottoman Empire, with the future Mehmed I as one of the leading claimants to the throne. After Serbia is freed from Ottoman rule, Stefan Lazarević is crowned Despot of Serbia .
September – The English Parliament passes penal Laws against Wales which stop the Welsh from gathering together , obtaining office, carrying arms and living in English towns. Any Englishman who marries a Welsh woman also comes under the laws.
September 14 – Battle of Homildon Hill : Northern English nobles, led by Sir Henry Percy (Hotspur) , and using longbows , decisively defeat a Scottish raiding army and capture their leader, the Earl of Douglas .
Capture of Bayezid I after Battle of Ankara
Date unknown
The Malacca Sultanate is established at Melaka Darul Azim (modern-day Melaka Darul Azim, Malaysia).
After the Christian Knights of Saint John , who are ruling Smyrna , refuse to convert to Islam or pay tribute, Timur has the entire population massacred. The Knights subsequently begin building Bodrum Castle in Bodrum , to defend against future attacks.
Conquest of the Canary Islands : King Henry III of Castile sends French explorer Jean de Béthencourt to colonize the Canary Islands . Béthencourt receives the title King of the Canary Islands but recognizes Henry as his overlord.
The Republic of Genoa regains control of Monaco .
The Aq Qoyunlu ("White Sheep Turkmen") tribal confederation, in modern-day northern Iraq and Iran , moves its capital from Amida to Diyarbakır .
Moldavia becomes a vassal of the Kingdom of Poland in order to protect itself from an invasion by Hungary .
Maria II Zaccaria succeeds her husband, Pedro de San Superano , as regent of the Principality of Achaea (modern-day southern Greece ).
Conchobar an Abaidh mac Maelsechlainn O Cellaigh succeeds Maelsechlainn mac William Buidhe O Cellaigh, as King of Uí Maine in modern-day County Galway and County Roscommon in Ireland .
The University of Würzburg is founded.
The Gangnido map of the world is completed in Joseon dynasty Korea .
A Great comet is sighted.
A big fire in the city of Utrecht starts near the Jacobikerk .
February 6 – Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse , Landgrave of Hesse (1413-1458) (d. 1458 )
April 28 – Nezahualcoyotl , Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and tlatoani of Texcoco (d. 1472 )
May 2 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1445 )
June 7 – Ichijō Kaneyoshi , Japanese court noble (d. 1481 )
September 29 – Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (d. 1443 )
November 23 – Jean de Dunois , French nobleman and soldier, illegitimate son of Louis I (d. 1468 )
date unknown – Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham , English nobleman (d. 1460 )