The Murder of Richard II (TRIH ep 415, part 3)
1399 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook narrate the rise and fall of Richard II, tracing how his personality, favourites and political choices—set against the backdrop of the Hundred Years' War and the Peasants' Revolt—led to his deposition in 1399.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1399
- Peasants' Revolt in England (1381)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Mehmed II (1432)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Sultanate of Malacca founded (1400)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- Zheng He (1371)