Timeline March 1406

Events in March 1406 4

• 1332 – 1406 Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) Historian, philosopher of history and Maliki jurist Ibn Khaldun was a North African Arab scholar and statesman. He wrote the Muqaddimah and the universal history Kitab al-Ibar, and he served as chief judge in Cairo.
• 1406 Ibn Khaldun dies in Cairo Dies weeks after his sixth appointment as chief qadi Ibn Khaldun died in Cairo at the age of 73, shortly after being appointed Maliki chief judge for the sixth time. He was buried in the Sufi cemetery outside the Bab al-Nasr gate.
• 1406 James, heir to the Scottish throne, captured at sea English pirates seize the future James I off Flamborough Head While sailing to France for safekeeping and education, the young heir to the Scottish crown was captured by English pirates near Flamborough Head and handed over to King Henry IV. He would remain a prisoner in England for the next eighteen years, becoming king of Scotland in captivity days later.
• 1406 Owain Glyndwr issues the Pennal Letter Welsh rebel leader sets out terms for alliance with France From Pennal in Wales, Owain Glyndwr wrote to the King of France proposing an alliance against England and outlining a vision for an independent Welsh church free from Canterbury and two Welsh universities. The letter remains a key document of the Welsh revolt against English rule.