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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.

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ January 22 - Marriage of King Richard II of England and Anne of Bohemia.

★ May 17 - King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal

★ July 7 - Death of the childless James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea and titular Latin Emperor.

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★ Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (now southern Greece).

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★ Otto, the widower of Joan I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (now eastern Italy).

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★ 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 (died 1451)

★ Yolande of Aragon, regent of Anjou (died 1443)

★ Pope Eugene IV (died 1447)

★ Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (died 1438)

Deaths

★ March 1 - Amadeus VI of Savoy (born 1334)

★ June 5 - Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)

★ June 8 - Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (born 1338)

★ June 15 - John VI Cantacuzenus, former Byzantine Emperor

★ October 22 - King Fernando I of Portugal (born 1345)