Henry IV
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1367 – 1413 · 46 years · London · Europe
Reign: 1399 – 1413 (England and Britain)
Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, deposed his cousin Richard II in 1399 and founded the House of Lancaster. He spent his reign putting down revolts — the Percys in the north and Owain Glyndŵr in Wales.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Johannes Gutenberg — inventor of the printing press, 33 years younger
- Sigismund — emperor of the Council of Constance that ended the Schism and burned Hus, 1 year younger
- Richard II — boy king who faced down the Peasants' Revolt and was deposed by his cousin, born the same year
- Henry V — victor of Agincourt who became heir to the French crown, 19 years younger
- Charles IV — emperor who made Prague an imperial capital and issued the Golden Bull, 51 years older
- Edward III — king who began the Hundred Years' War and won at Crécy, 55 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Andrei Rublev — icon painter, 7 years older
- Sergius of Radonezh — saint and abbot, 53 years older
- Dmitry Donskoy — Grand Prince of Moscow, 17 years older
- Vasily I — grand prince who annexed Nizhny Novgorod, 4 years younger
Middle East
- Bayezid I the Thunderbolt — sultan defeated and captured by Timur at Ankara, 7 years older
- Murad I — sultan who took Adrianople and fell at Kosovo, 41 years older
- Mehmed I Çelebi — sultan who reunited the realm after Timur, 22 years younger
- Hafez — Persian poet, 42 years older
Africa
- Ibn Khaldun — historian and thinker, 35 years older
Asia
- Timur — emir and conqueror, 31 years older
- Zheng He — admiral and explorer, 4 years younger
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu — shogun who reunited the two imperial courts and built Kinkaku-ji, 9 years older
- Sejong the Great — King of Joseon Korea, 30 years younger
- Ashikaga Yoshimochi — shogun who broke off tributary trade with Ming China, 19 years younger
- Ulugh Beg — ruler and astronomer, 27 years younger
Americas
- Nezahualcoyotl — ruler of Texcoco, poet, 35 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 1368 Founding of the Ming dynasty — aged 1, Asia
- 1370 Timur makes Samarkand his capital — aged 3, Asia
- 1377 Jikji, printed with movable metal type — aged 10, Asia
- 1380 Battle of Kulikovo — aged 13, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1385 Union of Krewo — aged 18, Europe
- 1392 Founding of Joseon — aged 25, Asia
- c. 1400 Founding of Malacca — aged 33, Asia
- 1405–1433 Voyages of Zheng He — aged 38, Asia
- 1410 Battle of Grunwald — aged 43, Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1411 Andrei Rublev's Trinity — aged 44, Eastern Europe & Russia