1387

Year '1387' was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Sigismund, the future Holy Roman Emperor and husband of Queen Mary of Hungary, orders the murder of his mother-in-law, Elizabeta Kotromanic, and declares himself joint ruler of Hungary.

★ Timur conquers the Muzaffarid Empire in central Persia and appoints three puppet rulers.

★ Khan Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde invades the Timurid Empire but has to soon after withdraw due to heavy snow.

★ August 23 - Death of Olaf, King of Norway and Denmark and claimant to the throne of Sweden. The vacant thrones come under the regency of his mother Margaret I of Denmark who would soon become Queen in her own right.

★ December 19 - Battle of Radcot Bridge: forces loyal to Richard II of England defeated by a group of rebellious barons known as the Lords Appellant. Richard II is imprisoned until he agrees replace all the councillors in his court.

★ Geoffrey Chaucer begins writing The Canterbury Tales.

★ Battle of Castagnaro between the Italian cities of Verona and Padua. Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi led Verona.

★ Charles III ascends to the throne of Navarre after the death of his father, Charles II.

★ John I succeeds his father, Peter IV, as King of Aragon and Valencia, and forms an alliance with France and Castille.

★ Magha II succeeds his brother, Musa II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire.

★ June 2 - John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon.

Births

★ August 9 - King Henry V of England (died 1422)

★ Henriette of Mömpelgard, countess of Mömpelgard and regent of Württemberg (died 1444)

★ Isabella of Valois, Princess of France (died 1410)

Deaths

★ July 20 - Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (poisoned) (b. 1356)

★ July 22 - Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (born 1330)

★ August 23 - King Olaf IV of Norway/Olaf III of Denmark (born 1370)

★ Peter IV of Aragon (born 1319)

★ Richard Og Burke, second Clanricarde

★ Peter de la Mare, English politician

★ King Charles II of Navarre (born 1332)

★ Elizabeta Kotromanic, regent of Hungary