What are 5 major historical events that happened in 1400-1500?
of 1400 Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg is declared as a rival Holy Roman Emperor to Emperor Wenceslaus. However, Frederick is murdered shortly after. August – The princes of the German states vote to depose Wenceslaus as Holy Roman Emperor due to his weak leadership and his mental illnesses. 21 August – Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, is elected as Holy Roman Emperor. Timur defeats both the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt to capture the city of Damascus in present-day Syria. Much of the city’s inhabitants are subsequently massacred by Timur’s troops. Timur conquers the Empire of The Black Sheep Turkomans in present-day Armenia and the Jalayirid Dynasty in present-day Iraq. Black Sheep ruler Qara Yusuf and Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad flee and take refuge with the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I. January – Henry IV quells the Epiphany Rising and executes the Earls of Kent, Huntingdon and Salisbury and the Baron le Despencer for their attempt to have Richard II of England
