1379

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::callout[type=note] 1379 ::

Year 1379 (MCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• May 29 – John I succeeds his father, Henry II, as King of Castile and King of León.
• June 30 – New College, Oxford, is founded in England by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester.
• July 1 – Forces of the Republic of Venice and Ottoman Turks, having invaded Constantinople, restore John V Palaiologos as Byzantine co-emperor. Andronikos IV Palaiologos is allowed to remain as co-emperor, but is confined to the city of Silivri for the remainder of his life.
• September 9 – The Treaty of Neuberg is signed, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between brothers Albert III and Leopold III. Albert III retains the title of Duke of Austria.

Date unknown

• Bairam Khawaja establishes the independent principality of the Kara Koyunlu (Turkomans of the Black Sheep Empire), in modern-day Armenia.
• Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow raids Estonia.
• In the Hundred Years' War, the French lose control of most of Brittany to the English.
• Wisbech Grammar School is founded in England.
• Timur conquers the Sufid Dynasty of Khwarazm.

Births

• October 4 – King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
• date unknown
  • Jerome of Prague, Hussite (d. 1416)
  • Empress Zhang (Hongxi) of China (d. 1442)

Deaths

• February 18 – Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. )
• May 29 – King Henry II of Castile (b. 1333)
• November 15 – Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1346)
• December 16 – John Fitzalan, Marshal of England (drowned)
• date unknown – Aqsara'i, Persian physician

References

References

1. Elorza, Juan C.; Vaquero, Lourdes; Castillo, Belén; Negro, Marta (1990). Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Bienestar Social (ed.). ''El Panteón Real de las Huelgas de Burgos. Los enterramientos de los reyes de León y de Castilla'' [''The Royal Pantheon of the Huelgas de Burgos. The graves of the monarchs of León and Castile''] (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Editorial Evergráficas S.A. {{ISBN. 84-241-9999-5.
2. "The History of New College". New College. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
3. [[Andronikos IV Palaiologos#CITEREFPLP. PLP]], 21438. Παλαιολόγος, Ἀνδρόνικος IV. [Κομνηνός].
4. "Austria. Facts, People, and Points of Interest - Early Middle Ages". ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. Palmer, Alan. (1992). "The Chronology of British History". Century Ltd.
6. "Schools". ''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies''. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
7. Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1978). "Khwarazm". ''The Encyclopedia of Islam''. Vol. IV. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
8. "Henry II {{!}} king of Castile".

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