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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Jingnan campaign]]: In China, the Yan Army, led by Prince [[Zhu Di]] reaches Suishui, west of [[Huaibei]], in what is now the [[Anhui]] province.<ref name=Hing243>Hing Ming Hung, ''From the Mongols to the Ming Dynasty: How a Begging Monk Became Emperor of China, Zhu Yuan Zhang'' (Algora Publishing, 2016)p.243</ref>
* [[April 3]] &ndash; King [[Henry IV of England]] is [[proxy marriage|married by proxy]] to [[Joan of Navarre, Queen of England|Joan of Navarre]] in a ceremony at the [[Eltham Palace]] near [[London]].<ref>Jenny Stratford, ''Richard II and the English Royal Treasure'' (Boydell Press, 2012) p.120</ref>
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[Jingnan campaign]]: The Yan Army overwhelms the Imperial Army of Southern China at Linghi, capturing General [[Ping (surname)#Notable people|Ping An]].<ref name=Hing243/>
* [[May 7]] &ndash; [[Jingnan campaign]]: The Yan Army continues its march, capturing [[Sizhou|Sixian]] and reaching the north bank of the [[Huai River]].<ref name=Hing243 />
* [[May 21]] &ndash; Following the death of Queen [[Maria, Queen of Sicily|Maria of Sicily]], her husband [[Martin I of Sicily]], now sole ruler, marries [[Blanche I of Navarre|Blanche of Navarre]] by proxy. They marry in person on December 26.
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Jingnan campaign]]: After crossing the Huai River into what is now [[Jiangsu]] province, and taking Yangzhou (May 18) and Luhe (May 19), the Yan Army of [[Zhu Di]] crosses the [[Yangtze River]] at Guazhou and is within striking distance of the Imperial Chinese capital at Nanjing by June 8, forcing Emperor Zhu Yun Wen to prepare terms of surrender that include granting the Yan Kingdom areas north of the Yangtze. Zhu Di refuses.<ref name=Hing244/>
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Jingnan campaign]]: The Army of Yan arrives at the walls of [[Nanjing]], capital of Imperial China and surrounds the city. The defenders on the north side open the Jinchuan Gate and let the invaders in. The Emperor Zhu Yun Wen then orders for the palace to be set on fire with himself and his followers burned to death inside before the Yan King [[Zhu Di]] arrives. Zhu Di orders the execution of 29 palace officials.<ref name=Hing244>Hing Ming Hung, ''From the Mongols to the Ming Dynasty: How a Begging Monk Became Emperor of China, Zhu Yuan Zhang'' (Algora Publishing, 2016)p.244</ref>  
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Zhu Di]], King of the Yan State at [[Beijing]], becomes the new Ming Dynasty Emperor of China at [[Nanjing]], uniting north and south China.<ref name=Hing244/> 
* [[June 22]]
** [[Battle of Nesbit Moor (1402)|Battle of Nesbit Moor]]: An English force decisively defeats a returning [[Scotland|Scottish]] raiding party.
** [[Battle of Bryn Glas]]: Welsh rebels under [[Owain Glyndŵr]] defeat the English on the England/Wales border.<ref>{{Coflein|num=306352|desc=Battle at Bryn Glas; Battle of Pilleth|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref> The Welsh capture [[Edmund Mortimer (rebel)|Edmund Mortimer]], son of the 3rd Earl, who defects to the Welsh cause, on 30 November marrying Owain's daughter Catrin.
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Casalecchio]]: [[Gian Galeazzo Visconti]], the Duke of [[Duchy of Milan|Milan]], crushes the forces of [[Bologna]] and [[Florence]]. He dies from a fever less than three months later.