1383

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1350s  1360s  1370s  – 1380s –  1390s  1400s  1410s
Years:	1380 1381 1382 – 1383 – 1384 1385 1386

Events

• January 22 – Marriage of King Richard II of England and Anne of Bohemia.
• May 17 – King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal
• July 7 – Death of the childless James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea and titular Latin Emperor.
  • Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (now southern Greece).
  • Otto, the widower of Joan I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (now eastern Italy).
  • Duke Louis I of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire (now 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 1383-1385 Crisis, begins in Portugal due to Beatrice being married to the King John I of Castile and Leon.
• The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
• Rao Chanda succeeds Rao Biram Dev as Rathore ruler of Marwar (now in western India).
• Löwenbräu beer is first brewed.
• Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep temple is built in present-day Thailand by King Kuena of Lanna.
• Construction of the Bastille is completed in Paris.

Births

• Amadeus VIII of Savoy (died 1451)
• Yolande of Aragon, regent of Anjou (died 1443)
• Pope Eugene IV (died 1447)
• Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (died 1438)

Deaths

• March 1 – Amadeus VI of Savoy (born 1334)
• June 5 – Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
• June 8 – Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (born 1338)
• June 15 – John VI Cantacuzenus, former Byzantine Emperor
• October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal (born 1345)