1383

Year 1383 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

* January 22 - King Richard II of England marries Anne of Bohemia.
* May 17 - King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal
* July 7 - The childless James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea and titular Latin Emperor, dies. As a result:
**Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (now southern Greece).
**Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, the widower of Joan I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (now eastern Italy).
**Duke Louis I of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire (now western Turkey) but never uses the title of Emperor.
* October 22 - King Fernando I of Portugal dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice of Portugal. A period of civil war and anarchy, known as the 1383-1385 Crisis, begins in Portugal due to Beatrice being married to the King John I of Castile and Leon.
* The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
* Rao Chanda succeeds Rao Biram Dev as Rathore ruler of Marwar (now in western India).
* Löwenbräu beer is first brewed.
* Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep Temple is built in present-day Thailand by King Kuena of Lanna.
* Construction of the Bastille is completed in Paris.

Births

*September 4 - Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (d. 1451)
*November 9 - Niccolò III d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (d. 1441)
*"date unknown"
**Anne of Gloucester, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1438)
**Pope Eugene IV (d. 1447)

Deaths

* March 1 - Amadeus VI of Savoy (b. 1334)
* March 3 - Hugh III of Arborea
* June 5 - Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
* June 8 - Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)
* June 15 - John VI Cantacuzenus, former Byzantine Emperor
* October 22 - King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
*December 7 - Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg (b. 1337)