Ottoman Interregnum 1402–1413

Mehmed I ⚔ İsa Çelebi, Musa Çelebi, Süleyman Çelebi, Mustafa Çelebi

Key battles

• Battle of Kosmidion (1410)
• Siege of Constantinople (1411)

Who lived through the Ottoman Interregnum

Well-known people alive during 1402–1413:

• Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468) — German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)
• Zheng He (1371–1433) — Chinese mariner, explorer, and diplomat
• Donatello (1386–1466) — Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
• Jan Hus (1370–1415) — Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
• Pius II (1405–1464) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)
• Henry V of England (1386–1422) — King of England from 1413 to 1422
• Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) — Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
• Callixtus III (1379–1458) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family
• Jan van Eyck (1390–1441) — Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)
• Eugene IV (1383–1447) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1431 to 1447
• Nicholas V (1397–1455) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1447 to 1455
• Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) — German philosopher (1401 – 1464)
• Skanderbeg (1405–1468) — Albanian noble and military commander (1405–1468)
• Kabir (1398–) — 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint
• Murad II (1404–1451) — sixth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1421–1444, 1446–1451)
• Christine de Pizan (1364–1430) — French poet and author (1364 – c. 1430)
• Martin V (1368–1431) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1417 to 1431
• Charles VI of France (1368–1422) — King of France from 1380 to 1422 (1368–1422)
• Ulugh Beg (1394–1449) — Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)
• Masaccio (1401–1428) — Italian painter (1401-1428)
• Charles VII of France (1403–1461) — monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France
• Gregory XII (1335–1417) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415
• Fra Angelico (1390–1455) — Italian Early Renaissance painter
• Władysław II Jagiełło (1362–1434) — King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1362-1434)
• Thomas à Kempis (1379–1471) — German canon regular

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