- 1380s
Events and trends
* The
Western Schism continues withPope Urban VI andAvignon Pope Clement VII each considered by some to be thePope .
* Richard II reigns inEngland and Charles VI reigns in France.
*Geoffrey Chaucer begins work onThe Canterbury Tales
* A civil war in theScandinavia n part of Sweden brought unrest to Finland, too.
* As part of theHundred Years' War , the island of Jersey was attacked many times and was even occupied for a couple of years.
* Many Humanist books produced as part of the earlyItalian Renaissance .1380
* The city ofSofia (Bulgaria) is taken by theOttoman Empire (Turks).
*Battle of Kulikovo -Russia n forces under Grand Prince Dmitri Ivanovich of Moscow defeat a mixed army ofTatars andMongol s (theGolden Horde ), stopping their advance atKulikovo .
*Charles V of France dies and is succeeded by his son Charles VI who reigned until1422 .
*Haakon VI of Norway dies and is succeeded by his sonOlaf III of Denmark asOlaf IV of Norway .Iceland , as a part ofNorway passes under the Danish crown.1381 Peasants' Revolt : InEngland rebels arrive at Blackheath. KingRichard II of England meets the leaders ofPeasants Revolt . The revolt is discussed inJohn Gower 's "Vox Clamantis " and "Froissart's Chronicles ".1382
* End of the reign ofEmperor Go-En'yu of Japan , fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders. Emperor Go-Komatsu ascends to the throne ofJapan
*John Wyclif 's teachings are condemned by theSynod of London .
*Trieste being donated by his inhabitants to Leopold III von Habsburg.
*Mary of Hungary becomes Queen of Hungary as a child after her fatherLouis I the Great of Hungary dies1383 End of the reign ofEmperor Chokei of Japan . Emperor Go-Kameyama ascends to the throne ofJapan .1383-1385 Crisis Including the Siege ofLisbon by the Castilian army in1384 1384 Queen Jadwiga (c.1374 –1399 ) reigned from1384 to1399 , venerated in theRoman Catholic Church as Saint Hedwig (Jadwiga) the Queen.1385
*Battle of Aljubarrota between the Portuguese underJohn I of Portugal and the Castilians, underJohn I of Castile . The decisive Portuguese victory guarantees independence and ends the1383-1385 Crisis
*John I of Portugal becomes the first Portuguese king of theHouse of Aviz
* TheUnion of Krewo established the Jagiellonian dynasty inPoland andLithuania through the marriage of QueenJadwiga of Poland and Grand Prince Jagiello of Lithuania and saw the acceptance of Roman Catholicism by the Lithuanian elite.
* The marriage ofCharles VI of France andIsabella of Bavaria-Straubing is the first Frenchcourt ball 1386
*Battle of Sempach : Swiss safeguard independence fromHabsburg rule
* End of reign ofPoland byCapet-Anjou family. Jagiello (Vladislav V) unitesLithuania and Poland.
*Dan I is succeeded as ruler of Wallachia byMircea the Old .
* TheViking colony ofGreenland submits itself to the Norwegian king.1387
* John Holland, a maternal half-brother ofRichard II of England , is createdEarl of Huntingdon .
*Olaf IV of Norway /Olaf III of Denmark dies. The vacant thrones come under the Regency of his motherMargaret I of Denmark who would soon become Queen in her own right.
*Battle of Radcot Bridge: forces loyal to Richard II defeated byHenry Bolingbroke , Earl ofDerby .
*Geoffrey Chaucer begins writingThe Canterbury Tales .
*QueenMargaret I of Denmark accession to the throne.1388
* Beginning of prosecution ofLollards in England
*The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland
* Korea'sJoseon dynasty starts.1389
*Margaret I seizes Albert, thus becoming ruler ofDenmark ,Norway andSweden
*Battle of Kosovo between Serbs and Ottomans. Both the Serbian Prince Lazar andMurad I were killed in battle.
** Change of emperor of theOttoman Empire fromMurad I (1359 -1389) toBeyazid I (1389-1402 )Births
1380
*February 11 -Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini , Italian humanist (died1459 )
*September 8 - SaintBernardino of Siena , Italian Franciscan missionary (died1444 )
*Ghiyath al-Kashi , Persian astronomer and mathematician (died1429 )
*Thomas à Kempis , German monk and writer (died1471 )1381
*May 9 -Johann Schiltberger , German traveller and writer (died1440 )
*October 13 -Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel , English politician (died1415 )
*John I, Duke of Bourbon (died1434 )
*Saint Rita of Cascia (died1457 )1382
*Frederick IV of Austria - Regent ofTyrol andFurther Austria (died1439 )
*Dawit I of Ethiopia (died1413 )
*Eric of Pomerania , King of Norway, Sweden and Denmark (died1459 )
*Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (died1439 )1383
*Amadeus VIII of Savoy (died1451 )
*Pope Eugene IV (died1447 )
*Anne of Gloucester , English noblewoman (died1438 )1384
*Antoine, Duke of Brabant (died1415 )
*St Frances of Rome (died1440 )
* Khalil Sultan, Timurid ruler in Transoxiana (died1411 )1385
*John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (died1421 )
*Jan van Eyck , Flemish painter (approximate date; died1441 )
*Margaret Holland , English noblewoman (died1429 )1386
*Ashikaga Yoshimochi , Japanese shogun (died1428 )
*Giovanni da Capistrano , Italian saint (died1456 )
*Donatello , Italian artist (died1466 )
*Mircea cel Batran , ruler of Wallachia (died1418 )
*Niccolò Piccinino , Italian mercenary (died1444 )1387
* KingHenry V of England (died1422 )
* KingCharles III of Navarre (died1425 )
*Isabella of Valois , Princess of France (died1410 )1388
*Claudius Clavus , Danish geographer
*Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence , second son ofHenry IV of England (d.1421 )
*Juliana Berners , English writer
*Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (died1428 )1389
*John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (died1435 )
*Cosimo de' Medici , ruler of Florence (died1464 )
*John VI, Duke of Brittany (died1442 )
*John of Lancaster , son ofHenry IV of England (died1435 )
*Zbigniew Cardinal Oleśnicki , Polish bishop and statesman (died1455 )
*Antoninus of Florence , Italian archbishopDeaths
1380
*Philippa Plantagenet , Countess of Ulster (born1355 )
* SaintCatherine of Siena (born1347 )
*Emperor Komyo of Japan (born1322 )
* KingCharles V of France (born1338 )
*Bertrand du Guesclin , Constable of France
*Dafydd ap Gwilym , Welsh poet
*Haakon VI of Norway (born1340 )
*Nissim of Gerona , rabbi (born1320 )1381
*St Catherine of Sweden
*Simon Sudbury ,Archbishop of Canterbury
*John Cavendish , English jurist
*John of Ruysbroeck , Flemish mystic (born1293 )
*Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (born1351 )
*Wat Tyler , English rebel1382
*Janusz Suchywilk , Polish nobleman
*Joan I of Naples (born1327 )
*Kestutis , Grand Prince of Lithuania (born1297 )
*Eleanor of Aragon , queen ofJohn I of Castile (born1358 )
*Peter II of Cyprus , called "The Fat"
*Philip van Artevelde , Flemish patriot (born1340 )
*Louis I of Hungary (born1326 )
*Nicole Oresme , French philosopher (born1325 )1383
*Amadeus VI of Savoy (born1334 )
*Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros (born1338 )
*John VI Cantacuzenus , Byzantine emperor (born c.1292 )
* KingFernando I of Portugal (born1345 )1384
*Geert Groote , Dutch preacher and founder of theBrethren of the Common Life (born1340 )
*John Wyclif , English theologian and Bible translator (born1328 )
*Ruaidri mac Tairdelbach Ua Conchobair , King of Connacht
*Joanna of Dreux , countess of Penthievre and nominal Duchess of Brittany (born1319 )
*John of Fordun , Scottish chronicler
*Kanami , JapaneseNoh actor and playwright (born1333 )
*Lubart , King of Galicia
*Peter of Enghien , Count of Lecce1385 Joan of Kent , wife ofEdward, the Black Prince (born1328 )1386
* Duke Leopold III of Austria (born1351 )
*James Audley , English knight1387
*Franz Ackerman , Flemish statesman (born1330 )
*Olaf IV of Norway /Olaf III of Denmark (born1370 )
*Peter IV of Aragon (born1319 )
*Richard Og Burke , secondClanricarde
*Peter de la Mare , English politician
* KingCharles II of Navarre (born1332 )1388
*Simon de Burley , Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
*James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas
*Thomas Usk , English author1389
*Murad I , emperor of theOttoman Empire (born1319 )
*Prince Lazar , Prince ofSerbia
*Pope Urban VI (born c.1318 )
* Dimitri Donskoi,Russia ntsar
*Isabel Macduff, 9th Countess of Fife
*Hayam Wuruk - Ruler of theMajapahit Empire on Java (born1334 )
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