Famous People Who Died in 1408
- Feb 20 Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman, dies at 66
- Mar 22 Nicolas Flamel, French scribe and alchemist (believed to have created the Philosopher's Stone), dies at 87
- May 24 Taejo of Joseon [Yi Seong-gye], King of Joseon (1392-98), dies at 72
- May 31 Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun, dies at 49
- Sep 22 Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies
- Dec 30 John Hawley of Dartmouth, English merchant, mayor and pirate (possible model for Chaucer’s shipman), dies at 68 [1]
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Plane Crash
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