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1383


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1383

Year 1383 (MCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

  • May 17 – King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal.
  • July 7 – James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea, and last titular Latin Emperor, dies childless. As a result:
    • Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (modern-day southern Greece).
    • Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, the widower of Joanna I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (eastern Italy).
    • Louis I, Duke of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire (western Turkey), but never uses the title of Emperor.
  • October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal dies, and is succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice of Portugal. A period of civil war and anarchy, known as the 1383–85 Crisis, begins in Portugal, due to Beatrice being married to King John I of Castile and Leon.

Date unknown

  • The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
  • Dan I succeeds his father Radu as Prince of Wallachia. He is the ancestor of the House of Dăneşti.
  • Rao Chanda succeeds Rao Biram Dev as Rathore ruler of Marwar (in modern-day western India).
  • Löwenbräu beer is first brewed.
  • Completion of the original inner courtyard of Farleigh Hungerford Castle in Somersetshire, England.
  • The Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Temple is built in modern-day Thailand, by King Kuena of Lanna.
  • Construction of the Bastille fortress is completed in Paris, France.

Births

  • April 30 – Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1438)
  • September 4
    • Antipope Felix V (d. 1451)
    • Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (d. 1451)
  • November 9 – Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (d. 1441)
  • date unknown – Pope Eugene IV (d. 1447)

Deaths

  • March 1 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (b. 1334)
  • March 3 – Hugh III of Arborea
  • June 5 – Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
  • June 8 – Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)
  • June 15 – John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1292)
  • July 7 James of Baux, titular Latin Emperor
  • October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
  • December 7 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337)
  • December 23 – Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1320)
  • date unknown – Radu I, Prince of Wallachia

References

References

  1. Lock, Peter. (2013). "The Routledge Companion to the Crusades". Routledge.
  2. "Eugenius IV {{!}} pope".
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