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1407
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Year 1407 (MCDVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

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May 16: The Chinese Empire completes its conquest of Vietnam.
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November 23: Louis, Duke of Orleans, regent for his brother, King Charles VI of France, is assassinated.
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  • October 5 A group of high officials of the former Vietnamese government are put on trial before China's Emperor Cheng Zu at Nanjing, and charged with treason for killing the previous Vietnamese ruler. Most of the prisoners are executed.[8]
  • October 20 The English Parliament is opened at Gloucester after being summoned on August 26 by King Henry IV, and is marked by arguments between the House of Lords and the House of Commons over primacy and initiation of money bills.[9]
  • November 20 A solemn truce is agreed upon between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis I, Duke of Orléans under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry.
  • November 23 The Duke of Orleans is assassinated, and war breaks out again between the Burgundians and the Duke's followers.[10]
  • December 2
    • China's Emperor Cheng Zu sends an order to Marquis Zhang Fu, who had recently conquered Vietnam and executed many of its officials, to avoid harming any innocent Vietnamese civilians.[11]
    • The English Parliament closes after having met for six weeks.
  • December The Yongle Encyclopedia, until the 21st century the largest encyclopedia of history, is completed in China after four years of work by 2,169 scholars at the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial University.[12]

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