1405
| Years: 1402 1403 1404 - 1405 - 1406 1407 1408 | |
| Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
Events
- Early feminist Christine de Pizan writes The Book of the City of Ladies
- Erection of Bath Abbey (-- 1499)
- Publication of Bellifortis by Konrad Kyeser (book on military technology)
Births
- March 6 - King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
- October 18 - Pope Pius II
- Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero
Deaths
- February 14 - Timur (aka Tamerlane), Mongol monarch and conqueror
- May 29 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
- Eustache Deschamps, French poet (b. 1346)