Frame AD 1407 — world borders from AD 1407 to AD 1414. 141 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Ming dynasty (≈ 5.58 million km²).
Countries with territory in this frame (141, largest first)
58 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.
China (11)
AD 1408 — Mu Sheng was defeated fighting Gian Dinh at the Shengjue River, and Liu Jun and others were killed. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂六年)
AD 1409 — In the second month the emperor left the capital on a northern tour and reached Beijing in the third month. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂七年)
AD 1409 — Qiu Fu was crushingly defeated at the Lüqu River, and Qiu Fu and others were killed. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂七年)
AD 1410 — The emperor personally led the northern campaign, setting out from Beijing. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂八年)
AD 1410 — After crossing the Yinma River, he routed Bunyashiri at the Onon River; Bunyashiri fled with just seven horsemen. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂八年)
AD 1410 — Arutai pretended to surrender and then attacked; the emperor himself led the banners, routed him and pursued him more than a hundred li. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂八年)
AD 1410 — Returning from the personal campaign, he received court congratulations in the Hall of Fengtian in Beijing. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂八年)
AD 1413 — The emperor went to Beijing, accompanied by the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂十一年)
AD 1413 — Setting out from the Wuhumen (Changle) in Changle county, Fuzhou prefecture, Fujian, and sailing southwest with fair winds for ten days, one reaches Champa (Zhancheng). (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·占城國)
AD 1414 — Zhang Fu captured Tran Quy Khoach in Laos and presented him, and Jiaozhi was pacified. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷7 永樂十二年)
AD 1407 — In the fifth year of Yongle, Zheng He and others bestowed an edict, patents and silver seals on the king and chiefs, promoted them and conferred investiture; then at Calicut they erected a stele and carved an inscription: 'more than a hundred thousand li from China ... carved in stone to be shown forever'. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·古里國)
AD 1409 — When the former king was killed by a poisoned arrow fighting the king of Huamian, a fisherman avenged him, married the queen and became the old king. In the seventh year of Yongle the old king came to pay tribute and received the imperial favor. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·蘇門答剌國)
AD 1412 — In the tenth year of Yongle the country was visited again (the subject is unclear in the original). The late king's son grew up, conspired with his followers, killed the fisherman-king who was his adoptive father, and seized the throne. The old king's legitimate son, Su-gan-la, fled to Sushan, set up a stockade and planned revenge. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·蘇門答剌國)
AD 1413 — In the eleventh year of Yongle (1413) the emperor ordered Grand Eunuch Zheng He to lead the treasure fleet to the many Western countries to read and bestow the imperial edict; Ma Huan, serving as interpreter, followed the mission as a minor envoy. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·序)
AD 1413 — Sixty-three treasure ships; the large ships were 44.4 zhang long and 18 zhang wide. The total number aboard is recorded separately as 27,670 persons (868 officials and 26,802 soldiers). (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·諸番國名)
AD 1413 — Landing at the Zhanggu wharf and walking southwest a day and a half, one reaches Majapahit (滿者伯夷), the king's residence: two hundred households of foreigners, with seven or eight chiefs assisting the king. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·爪哇國)
AD 1413 — Going southwest from Champa with fair winds for seven days and nights, and entering the mouth of the Xinmenmentai river, one reaches Siam (Xianluo). Its circumference is a thousand li and the land is barren; the custom records that wives decide matters. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·暹邏國)
AD 1413 — From Malacca with fair winds for four days and nights one reaches Aru, a small country. To the south is a great mountain, to the north the sea, and to the west it borders Samudra; its king and people are all Hui (Muslims). (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·啞魯國)
AD 1413 — From Malacca the treasure fleet goes southwest with fair winds for five days and nights and first anchors at the seaside village of Daluman; going southeast ten-odd li, one reaches Samudra, the great gateway of the West. It has no walls and the tide rises twice a day. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·蘇門答剌國)
AD 1413 — The king of Nagur (那孤兒) is also called the king of Huamian: a mountain village on the west side of Samudra, whose people tattoo blue three-pronged marks on their faces, hence Huamian. A small country of over a thousand households. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·蘇門答剌國)
AD 1407 — Hồ Trừng advanced to Tăng Giang, but the Ming army attacked from both banks and defeated him. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之九 「丁亥興慶元年春二月二十日，胡左相」)
AD 1407 — Zhang Fu captured Lê Quý Ly and Le Thuong and presented them at the capital, pacifying Annam (in the sixth month the Jiaozhi Provincial Administration was set up). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷6 永樂五年)
AD 1407 — In the fifth year of Yongle Zheng He's fleet came; on the denunciation of Shi Jingqing, the Guangdong pirate Chen Zuyi, who had been plundering, was captured and executed at court. Shi Jingqing was given a crown and robes and made great chief of Jiugang; when he died, his daughter Shi Yi-zhen succeeded him. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·舊港國)
AD 1408 — When the Ming's Zhang Fu and others invaded Yên Châu, the emperor and Deng Shi retreated to Huazhou. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之九 「戊子二年春正月三十日，明將張輔、」)
AD 1409 — On the 17th day of the 3rd month he ascended the throne at Chi La, with the era name Trùng Quang. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之九 「己丑三年春二月，殺國公鄧悉及同知」)
AD 1409 — In the seventh year of Yongle the emperor ordered Zheng He to bestow on the chief an edict, double-handled silver seals and robes, and to erect a stele fixing the territory; thus it came to be called the country of Malacca. After that Siam did not dare to invade. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·滿剌加國)
AD 1412 — The Ming's Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng led troops to attack the temporary residence at Nghệ An. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之九 「壬辰四年春正月，太原大慈父道阮芮」)
AD 1413 — One hundred li northeast of Champa is the sea mouth of Xinzhou harbor; on the bank stands a stone pagoda as a marker, and ships from many places anchor here and go ashore. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·占城國)
AD 1413 — Tuban (杜板), Java's first port of call: more than a thousand households governed by two chiefs, with many Chinese from Guangdong and Zhangzhou living there. A legend says a small spring by the shore was dug by Yuan troops and is holy water. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·爪哇國)
AD 1413 — Going east half a day from Tuban is Gresik (廝村), whose local name is Gresik. Chinese came to open it and called it Xincun; its lord is a native of Guangdong, and it has over a thousand households. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·爪哇國)
AD 1413 — From Calicut, going northwest with fair winds for ten days and nights, one reaches Zufaer (祖法兒, Dhofar). Its king and people are Muslims; there are no walls and they live against the mountain. It is a frankincense-producing land; when a treasure ship comes, frankincense, dragon's blood, aloes and myrrh are exchanged for silk and porcelain. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·祖法兒國)
AD 1413 — From Calicut, going northwest with fair winds for twenty-five days, one reaches the country of Hormuz (忽魯謨廝). It relies on sea and mountains, and merchants by land and sea all gather to trade, so it is rich. Its king and people are Muslims; those who drink wine are executed in the market. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·忽魯謨廝國)
AD 1413 — The country of Tianfang (天方, Mecca) lies southwest of Calicut; by boat, about three months' sailing, one reaches the port of Qida (秩達, Jeddah), which is guarded by a great chief. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·天方國)
AD 1413 — From Jeddah, going west for one month, one reaches the walled city of Mojia (默加, Mecca), where the king lives. It is the place where the Hui patriarch spread the teaching, so they still follow its rules. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·天方國)
AD 1413 — A little more than half a day further one reaches the Hall of Heavenly Worship (天堂禮拜寺, the Kaaba). Its surrounding walls have 466 doors; it is a square building of stones of five colors, and its walls are plastered with rose-water and musk mixed into the earth. Every year on the tenth day of the twelfth month Muslims from every country come to worship and cut pieces from the black silk cover to take home as tokens. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·天方國)
AD 1413 — Going west another day one reaches the walled city of Modina (驀底納, Medina). Within the city is the tomb of Muhammad (馬合麻). Water from the well behind the tomb is loaded on boats and sprinkled against the storms, it is said, to calm the waves. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·天方國)
Eastern Europe & Russia (4)
AD 1407 — On 6 June a fire in the Nerevsky district and St. Sophia Cathedral. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1407년)
AD 1408 — Konstantin Dmitrievich comes to Novgorod as the grand prince's deputy. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1408년)
AD 1411 — Sweden attacks the Novgorod fortress of Tiberi, and the Novgorod forces pursue them. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1411년)
AD 1414 — Metropolitan Photius, going to Lithuania, is robbed by Vitovt. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1414년)
Changes of power ◆
◆ AD 1407 — Aq Qoyunlu appears
◆ AD 1407 — Byzantine Empire appears
◆ AD 1407 — Qara Qoyunlu appears
◆ AD 1407 — Danish Realm ends
◆ AD 1407 — Ngô dynasty ends
◆ AD 1407 — Principality of Smolensk ends
◆ AD 1407 — Ming dynasty takes 133,600 km² of former Ngô dynasty land
◆ AD 1407 — Ngô dynasty loses 133,600 km² to Ming dynasty