1408
| Years: 1405 1406 1407 - 1408 - 1409 1410 1411 | |
| Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
Events
- December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is officially formated under King Sigismund of Hungary.
- Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owen Glendower.
- The Yongle Encyclopedia is completed.
Births
- Karl Knutsson Bonde, later Charles VIII of Sweden and Carl I of Norway (d. 1470)
Deaths
- February 20 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (b. 1342)
- May 31 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga shogun
- December 4 - Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
- John VII Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor
- Matheos I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope