1386

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Years: 1383 1384 1385 - 1386 - 1387 1388 1389

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

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

Year 1386 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• May 9 - King John I of Portugal and King Richard II of England ratify the Treaty of Windsor.
• May 20 - The city of Piteşti, now in Romania, is first mentioned.
• July 9 - Battle of Sempach: The Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule.
• October 18 - Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, the oldest university in Germany, is founded.
• Elizabeta Kotromanic, the mother of the overthrown Queen Mary of Hungary and Croatia, arranges the assassination of Charles of Durazzo, the ruler of Hungary, Naples, Achaea and Croatia.
• Mary is reinstated as Queen of Hungary and Croatia.
• Charles' son, Ladislas, becomes King of Naples.
• A period of interregnum begins in Achaea, lasting until 1396. The rule of Achaea is sought by numerous pretenders, none of whom can be considered to have reigned.
• Queen Jadwiga of Poland marries Grand Duke Jagiello of Lithuania, unifying their two countries.
• Abu al-Abbas is reinstated as ruler of the Marinid dynasty in present day Morocco.
• John of Gaunt leaves England to make good his claim to the throne of Castile by right of his second marriage to Constanza of Castile in 1371.
• The Timurid Empire raids Georgia and takes King Bagrat V prisoner. Bagrat is subsequently freed by an army led by his son, George.
• Hundred Years War - Battle of Margate: The English defeat an invading French and Castilian naval force.
• Dan I of Wallachia (now southern Romania) is killed in battle against the Bulgarians and is succeeded by Mircea the Old.

• The Venetians take control of the island of Corfu.
• Construction begins on the Brancacci Chapel in Florence.
• Rozhdestvensky monastery is built in Muscovy.

Births

• March 12 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (d. 1428)
• June 24 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
• Donatello, Italian artist (d. 1466)
• Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (d. 1444)

Deaths

• July 9 - Duke Leopold III of Austria (in battle) (b. 1351)
• James Audley, English knight
• William Langland, English poet (b. 1332)

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