1390

Year 1390 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

*April 14 - John VII Palaiologos overthrows his grandfather, John V Palaiologos, as Byzantine Emperor.
*April 19 - Robert III succeeds his father, Robert II, as King of Scotland.
*September 17 - John VII Palaiologos seeks refuge with the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I after John V Palaiologos is restored by his son, Manuel, and the Republic of Venice.
*October 9 - Henry III succeeds his father, John I, as King of Castile and León.
* The Ottomans take Philadelphia, the last Byzantine enclave of any significance in Anatolia.
* With the help of the Teutonic Knights, Vytautas begins a revolt against his cousin, Jogaila the Supreme Prince of Lithuania.
*The Earl of Derby (the future King Henry IV of England) supports the Teutonic Knights at the siege of Vilnius.
* Barquq is restored as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt after overthrowing Sultan Hadji II.
* Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III overthrows his brother, Abu Baker, as Sultan of Delhi.
* Manuel III succeeds his father, Alexios III, as Emperor of Trebizond (now north eastern Turkey).
* Sikandar But-shikan succeeds Sikandar Shah as Sultan of Kashmir.
* Ko Cheng succeeds Che Bong Nga as King of Champa (now eastern Vietnam).
* Mahmud succeeds Sandaki as Mansa of the Mali Empire.
* N'Diklam Sare succeeds Sare N'Dyaye as ruler of the Jolof Empire (now part of Senegal).
* "approximate date":
** The Kingdom of Kaffa is established in present day Ethiopia.
* Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), is built.
* The Candi Surawana Temple is built in the Majapahit Kingdom (now Indonesia).
* Construction begins on San Petronio Basilica in Bologna.

Births

*October 3 - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447)
* December 27 - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
*"probable"
**John Dunstaple, English composer (d. 1453)
**Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman and rebel leader (d. 1436)

Deaths

* April 19 - King Robert II of Scotland (b. 1316)
* August 14 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
* September 23 - John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
* October 9 - King John I of Castile (fall from a horse) (b. 1358)
*September - Towtiwil, Prince of Black Ruthenia
*"probable" - Altichiero, Italian painter (b. 1330)