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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.

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ 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.

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★ Mary is reinstated as Queen of Hungary and Croatia.

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★ Charles' son, Ladislas, becomes King of Naples.

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★ A period of interregnum begins in Achaea, lasting until 1396. Rule of Achaea is sought by numerous pretenders, none of whom can be considered to have reigned.

★ July 9 - Battle of Sempach: The Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule.

★ 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.

★ May 9 - King John I of Portugal and King Richard II of England ratified the Treaty of Windsor.

★ May 20 - First mention of the city of Piteşti, now in Romania.

★ Founding of Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, the oldest university in Germany.

★ The Venetians take control of the island of Corfu.

★ The Brancacci Chapel begins to be built in Florence.

★ Rozhdestvensky monastery is built in Muscovy.

Births

★ March 12 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (died 1428)

★ June 24 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (died 1456)

★ Donatello, Italian artist (died 1466)

★ Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (died 1444)

Deaths

★ July 9 - Duke Leopold III of Austria (killed in battle) (born 1351)

★ James Audley, English knight

★ William Langland, English poet (born 1332)