Year '1394' was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events of 1394
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September 17 - King
Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all
Jews from
France.
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September 28 -
Anti-Pope Benedict XIII succeeds
Anti-Pope Clement VII.
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Battle of Karanovasa -
Wallachia (now southern
Romania) resists an invasion by the
Ottomans and their
Serb and
Bulgarian vassals.

Consecration of Benedict XIII.
★ The
Ottomans begin an eight-year siege of
Constantinople in the
Byzantine Empire.
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★ The
Anadoluhisarı fortress is built by the Ottomans to defend themselves during the siege.
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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu retires as
shogun of
Japan and is succeeded by his son,
Ashikaga Yoshimochi.
★ The capital city of the
Joseon Dynasty in present-day
Korea is moved from Gaegyeong (now
Gaeseong) to Hanseong (now
Seoul).
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★
Gyeongbokgung Palace and the
Jongmyo royal ancestral shrine are built in Hanseong (now
Seoul).
★ After the death of Sultan Mahmud II, civil war breaks out in the
Delhi Sultanate, splitting the state between east and west.
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Battle of Ros-mic-Triuin - the Kingdom of
Leinster, led by King Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, defeats an invading army from
England, led by King
Richard II of England and
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March.
★ Ştefan I succeeds
Roman I as Prince of
Moldavia (now
Moldova and eastern
Romania).
★ Abu Zayyan II succeeds his brother, Abul Hadjdjadj I, as ruler of the
Abdalwadid dynasty in present-day eastern
Algeria.
★ Yûsuf I succeeds Abd ar-Rahmân II as ruler of the
Ziyanid Dynasty in present-day western
Algeria.
★ The
Ottomans conquer
Thessaly (now eastern
Greece).
★ Abd al-Aziz II succeeds Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II as ruler of the
Hafsid dynasty in present-day
Tunisia.
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Richard II of England grants
Geoffrey Chaucer twenty pounds a year for life for his services as a diplomat and Clerk of The King's Works.
★ The Allgäuer Brauhaus brewery is founded in present-day
Germany.
Births
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March 4 - Prince
Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (died
1460)
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July 12 -
Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (died
1441)
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November 24 -
Charles, duc d'Orléans, French poet (died
1465)
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December 10 - King
James I of Scotland (d.
1437)
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Ulugh Beg,
Timurid ruler and astronomer (died
1449)
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Cymburgis of Masovia, Duchess of Austria
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Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (died
1481)
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Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (died
1415)
Deaths
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June 4 -
Mary de Bohun, wife of
Henry IV of England
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June 7 -
Anne of Bohemia, queen of
Richard II of England (plague) (born
1366)
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July 24 -
Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, Scottish prince (born
1343)
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August 27 -
Emperor Chokei of Japan, former Emperor (born
1343)
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September 16 -
Avignon Pope Clement VII (born
1342)
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John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (born
1365)
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John Devereux 2nd Baron Devereux
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Louis of Enghien, Count of Conversano and Brienne
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John Hawkwood, English mercenary (born
1320)
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Constance of Castile, claimant to the throne of
Castile
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Fazlallah Astarabadi, founder of the mystical
Hurufism sect (executed)
★ Sultan Mahmud II of
Delhi
★ Former King
Gongyang of Goryeo (born
1345)