1390

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)