- 1390s
Events and trends
1392
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Korea n founder of theJoseon Dynasty GeneralYi Seonggye led a "coup d'état ," overthrowing the kingdom ofGoryeo and founding the kingdom ofJoseon .
*End of the reign ofEmperor Go-Kameyama of Japan .1394
*Expulsion of Jews from
France .1395
*End of reign of
Hungary byCapet-Anjou family.1397
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Richard Whittington akaDick Whittington is electedLord Mayor of London .
*John Beaufort becomes Earl ofSomerset .1398
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Glendalough monastery ,Wicklow Ireland destroyed.
* Construction of the Stecknitz Canal as one of the oldest artificial waterways of the world.
*Timur arrived on the bank of theIndus River , and proceeded to sackDelhi .1399
* Henry IV becomes King of England.
Births
1390
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Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologus 1391
* King
Duarte of Portugal (d.1438 )
*Gedun Drub , the firstDalai Lama 1393
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John Capgrave ,Augustinian theologian1394
* Prince
Henry the Navigator , explorer (d.1460 ).
*Ulugh Beg , Timurid astronomer.1396
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Alfonso V of Aragon 1397
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King Sejong the Great of Joseon , the humane scientist ruler ofKorea
*August 10 -Albert II of Habsburg , emperor of the Holy Roman EmpireDeaths
1393
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Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan , fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders1394
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Emperor Chokei of Japan
*Anne of Bohemia 1397
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Thomas of Woodstock (son of KingEdward III of England )1398
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Emperor Sukō , third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders.
*Hongwu Emperor of China , founder of theMing Dynasty .
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