Events from 1399

St. Vincent Ferrer's apocalyptic preaching converts thousands - claims to be Angel of Apocalypse

Our Lady of Good Counsel - Miraculous image appears in Genazzano, Italy (April 25) - Fresco detaches from church wall in Scutari, Albania - Travels through air with white cloud - Paper-thin fresco hovers without support

Death of John of Gaunt - Richard II seizes Lancaster estates, violates inheritance law

Henry Bolingbroke invades England - lands at Ravenspur while Richard in Ireland, support floods to him

Richard II captured at Flint Castle - tricked into surrender, taken to Tower of London

Richard II abdicates - forced to resign crown in Westminster Hall, Henry IV acclaimed by Parliament

Henry IV crowned - Lancastrian line begins, but legitimacy always questioned