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Year '1390' was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Births

Deaths

Events

★ Robert III succeeds his father, Robert II, as King of Scotland.

★ Henry III succeeds his father, John I, as King of Castile and León.

★ John VII Palaiologos overthrows his grandfather, John V Palaiologos, as Byzantine Emperor. John V Palaiologos is restored later in the year by his son, Manuel, and the Republic of Venice.

★ The Turks 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.

★ 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).

★ (circa 1390) The Kingdom of Kaffa is established in present day Ethiopia.

★ Building of Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City).

★ Building of the Candi Surawana temple in the Majapahit Kingdom (now Indonesia).

★ San Petronio Basilica begins to be built in Bologna.

Births

★ December 27 - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (died 1411)

★ Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancemaster (died 1470)

★ John Dunstaple, English composer (died 1453)

★ Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman and rebel leader (died 1436)

★ Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (died 1447)

★ John VIII Palaeologus Byzantine Emperor (died 1448)

Deaths

★ April 19 - King Robert II of Scotland (born 1316)

★ August 14 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)

★ September 23 - John I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1346)

★ October 9 - King John I of Castile (fall from a horse) (born 1358)

★ Altichiero, Italian painter (born 1330)

★ Sultan Sikandar Shah of Kashmir.

★ Towtiwil, Prince of Black Ruthenia