1380
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| 1380 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1380 MCCCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2133 |
| Armenian calendar | 829 ԹՎ ՊԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6130 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1301–1302 |
| Bengali calendar | 786–787 |
| Berber calendar | 2330 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Ric. 2 – 4 Ric. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1924 |
| Burmese calendar | 742 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6888–6889 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4077 or 3870 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4078 or 3871 |
| Coptic calendar | 1096–1097 |
| Discordian calendar | 2546 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1372–1373 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5140–5141 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1436–1437 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1301–1302 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4480–4481 |
| Holocene calendar | 11380 |
| Igbo calendar | 380–381 |
| Iranian calendar | 758–759 |
| Islamic calendar | 781–782 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōryaku 2 (康暦２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1293–1294 |
| Julian calendar | 1380 MCCCLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3713 |
| Minguo calendar | 532 before ROC 民前532年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −88 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1922–1923 |
| Tibetan calendar | ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Sheep) 1506 or 1125 or 353 — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 1507 or 1126 or 354 |
Year 1380 (MCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- February – Olaf II of Denmark also becomes Olaf IV of Norway, with his mother Margrete (Margaret) as regent. Iceland and the Faroe Islands, as parts of Norway, pass under the Danish crown.[1]
- March 13 – The southern England town of Winchelsea in East Sussex is attacked and burned by an expeditionary force from France for a second time.[2]
- May 31 – Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila signs the secret Treaty of Dovydiškės, with the Teutonic Knights. This sparks a civil war with his uncle Kęstutis.[3]
- June 21 – Battle of Chioggia: the Venetian fleet defeats the Genoese.[4]
- September 8 – Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow resist a large invasion by the Blue Horde, Lithuania and Ryazan, stopping their advance.[5][6]
- September 16 – Charles V of France is succeeded by his twelve-year-old son, Charles VI.[7]
- October 2 – Caterina Visconti marries her first cousin, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, later Duke of Milan, at the Church of San Giovanni in Conca.[8]
- November 3 – Charles VI of France, who succeeded his father (Charles V of France) in September, is crowned.[9]
Date unknown
- Sir William Walworth, a member of the Fishmongers Guild, becomes Lord Mayor of London for the second time.
- Khan Tokhtamysh of the White Horde dethrones Mamai of the Blue Horde. The two hordes unite to form the Golden Horde.[10]
- Karim Al-Makhdum arrives in Jolo, and builds a mosque.
- The Hongwu Emperor purges the chancellor of China, Hu Weiyong, and abolishes that office, as he imposes direct imperial rule over the six ministries of central government, for the Ming Empire.
- The last islands of Polynesia are discovered and inhabited.
- The Companhia das Naus is founded by King Ferdinand I of Portugal.[11]
- The imposter Paul Palaiologos Tagaris, having been appointed Latin Patriarch of Constantinople by Pope Urban VI, takes up residence in his see at Chalcis.
Births
- February 11 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)[12]
- September 8 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)[13]
- November 27 – King Ferdinand I of Aragon (d. 1416)
- date unknown
- probable
- Huitzilihuitl II, 2nd Tlatoani (king) of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City), 1396–1417, father of Moctezuma I (d. c. 1417)[14]
- Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1429)
- King Lukeni lua Nimi of the Kingdom of Kongo (d. 1420)
- Thomas à Kempis, German monk and writer (d. 1471)
- Parameshvara, Indian mathematician (d. 1425)
Deaths
- April 29 – Saint Catherine of Siena, Italian theologian (b. 1347)[15]
- May 5 – Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr
- July 13 – Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France (b. c. 1320)
- July 26 – Emperor Kōmyō, former Emperor of Japan (b. 1322)
- September 8 – Alexander Peresvet, venerated Russian Orthodox monk and champion of Kulikovo
- September 16 – King Charles V of France (b. 1338)[16]
- December 29 – Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1305)
- date unknown
References
- ^ Bjørkvik, Halvard; Opsahl, Erik: Håkon 6. Magnusson i Store norske leksikon på snl.no. Henta 3. november 2025 frå https://snl.no/H%C3%A5kon_6._Magnusson
- ^ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p27
- ^ Kiaupa, Zigmantas; Jūratė Kiaupienė; Albinas Kuncevičius (2000) [1995]. The History of Lithuania Before 1795 (in Lithuanian) (English ed.). Vilnius: Lithuanian Institute of History. pp. 124–126. ISBN 9986-810-13-2.
- ^ Lane, Frederic C. VENICE, A MARITIME REPUBLIC. N.p.: Johns Hopkins UP, 1973. p. 192-196 Print.
- ^ Kirpichnikov 1980, pp. 100–104.
- ^ Timofeychev, A. (2017-07-19). "The Battle of Kulikovo: When the Russian Nation Was Born". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ Sumption 2009, p. 397.
- ^ Hoeniger, Cathleen (2006). "The Illuminated "Tacuinum sanitatis" Manuscripts from Northern Italy ca. 1380-1400: Sources, Patrons, and the Creation of a New Pictorial Genre". In Givens, Jean Ann; Reeds, Karen; Touwaide, Alain (eds.). Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200-1550. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 51–82.
- ^ Sumption 2009, p. 397.
- ^ Howorth 1880: 216, 226; Grousset 1970: 407, 436; Seleznëv 2009: 182–183; Počekaev 2010: 160–161.
- ^ Lopes, Fernão (1380–1460). Chronica de el-rei D. Fernando (vol. II) (PDF) (in Portuguese). Escriptorio, 147 - Rua dos Retrozeiros, Lisbon.
- ^ Date in Cav. Toneilli's ms Elogi delli uomini illustri Toscani, noted by William Shepherd, The Life of Poggio Bracciolini
- ^ Mormando 1999, pp. 25–45.
- ^ "Huitzilihuitl II" (in Spanish). Biografias y Vidas. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ Caffarini, Tommaso (1974). Libellus de supplemento: legende prolixe virginis beate Catherine de Senis.
- ^ "Charles V | king of France". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved August 22, 2018.