1383

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Years: 1380 1381 1382 - 1383 - 1384 1385 1386

Decades: 1350s 1360s 1370s - 1380s - 1390s 1400s 1410s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

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.
• Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (now southern Greece).
• Otto, 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

• Amadeus VIII of Savoy (d. 1451)
• Yolande of Aragon, regent of Anjou (d. 1443)
• Pope Eugene IV (d. 1447)
• Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (d. 1438)

Deaths

• March 1 - Amadeus VI of Savoy (b. 1334)
• 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)

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