Editing 1402 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; The [[House of Commons of England]] is opened at [[Coventry]] by King Henry IV, whose Lord Chancellor asks the members to pass a tax to support an offensive war against Scotland, enemies of Wales, Ireland and for defending the Marches of Guienne and Calais. [[Henry Redford]] is elected Speaker of the House.
* [[October 10]] &ndash; A rare conference begins in England between the House of Commons and the House of Lords takes place with the permission of the King, and results in a 3-shilling tax on wine and a 14-pence tax on other merchandise.
* [[October 28]] &ndash; The "[[False Olaf]]", a [[Bohemia]]n immigrant who bore a resemblance to the late [[Olaf II of Denmark|King Olaf of Denmark and Norway]] and impersonated the late monarch earlier in the year, is burned at the stake as punishment.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cole |first=Richard |title=The False King Olaf and His Necklace of Letters |journal=Scandinavian Studies |volume=95 |issue=1 |pages=1–34 |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |location=Madison |date=20 March 2023 |url=https://sca.uwpress.org/content/95/1/1 |doi=10.3368/sca.95.1.0001 |access-date=8 October 2024|url-access=subscription }}</ref> 
* [[November 5]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Genoa]] resumes control of [[Monaco]], deposing [[Louis, Lord of Monaco|Louis Grimaldi]]. Genoese control lasts for more than 16 years.
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Stefan Lazarević]] leads the [[Serbian Despotate]] to victory over the Ottoman Governor [[Durad Brankovic]] at the [[Battle of Tripolje]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Purković|first=Miodrag|title=Knez i despot Stefan Lazarević|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uNlBAAAAYAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sveti arhijerejski sinod Srpske pravoslavne crkve|page=69}}</ref>
* [[November 23]] &ndash; The Byzantine Emperor [[Manuel II Palaiologos]] leaves [[France]] after a stay of almost two years.<ref>{{cite book  |title=Greeks, Latins, and Intellectual History 1204-1500 |last1=Hinterberger |first1=Martin |last2=Schabel |first2=Chris |publisher=Peeters |year=2011 |page=411 |url=https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/files/16794227/dendrinos_manuel_ii_in_paris.pdf }}</ref>
* [[November 25]] &ndash; The fourth parliament of King Henry IV of England closes at [[Westminster]] after two months and the passage of new laws, including the [[penal Laws against Wales]] which stop the Welsh from [[freedom of assembly|gathering together]], obtaining office, [[carrying arms]] and living in English towns. The laws apply to any Englishman who marries a Welsh woman. 
* [[December 2]] &ndash; (6 Jumada al-Awwal [[Islamic calendar|805 A.H.]]) With 4,000 troops, [[Timur|Tamerlane]], Amir of the [[Timurid Empire]] covering much of what is now Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan begins the [[Siege of Smyrna]] (now Izmir in Turkey). Smyrna is captured after two days of attacks on its outer walls.<ref>{{cite book |first=Marie-Mathilde |last=Alexandrescu-Dersca Bulgaru |title=La campagne de Timur en Anatolie, 1402 |location=London |publisher=Variorum |year=1977 |orig-year=1942 |pages=88–90}}</ref> After the Christian [[Knights of Saint John]], who are ruling [[Smyrna]], refuse to convert to Islam or pay tribute, [[Timur]] has the entire Christian population massacred. The Knights subsequently begin building [[Bodrum Castle]] in [[Bodrum]], to defend against future attacks.
* [[December 26]] &ndash; (3rd waxing of [[Tabodwe]] [[Burmese calendar|764 ME]]) [[Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1401–1403)|Ava–Hanthawaddy War]]: In what is now [[Myanmar]], the forces of the [[Ava Kingdom]], led by King [[Minkhaung I]] defeat King [[Razadarit]] of the [[Kingdom of Hanthawaddy]] in the Battle of Nawin, forcing Razadarit to abandon the siege of [[Pyay|Prome]].