Explore 72 historical events from 1390–1399.
Albert II, King of the Romans, was a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria. Through his wife Elizabeth of Luxembourg, he also became K…
Albert II of Germany (died 1439)
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent was an English nobleman and a councillor of his half-brother, King Richard II of England.
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, English nobleman
William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, 4th Baron Montagu, King of Mann, KG was an English nobleman and commander in the English army during King Edward III's French campaigns in t…
William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (born 1328)
Philip of Artois, sometimes Philip I, son of John of Artois, Count of Eu, and Isabeau of Melun, was Count of Eu from 1387 until his death, succeeding his brother Robert.
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (born 1358)
Catherine of Henneberg was a Countess of Henneberg by birth and, from 1347, Margravine of Meissen and Landgravine of Thuringia by marriage. She was the wife of Frederick the Severe…
Catherine of Henneberg, German ruler (born c. 1334)
Francesco Landini was a Florentine composer, poet, organist, singer and instrument maker, and a central figure of the music of the Trecento in the Italian peninsula.
Francesco Landini, Italian composer
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester was the fifth surviving son and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He led the rebellion of the Lords App…
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1355)
Adam Easton was an English cardinal, born at Easton in Norfolk.
Adam Easton, English cardinal
Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel, 9th Earl of Surrey was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.
Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English admiral (born 1346)
The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the t…
The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania
Philip III, also known as Philip the Good, was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the House of Valois, to which all 15th-century…
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (died 1467)
John I, called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance, or the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1387 until his death.
John I of Aragon (born 1350)
William Courtenay was Archbishop of Canterbury (1381–1396), having previously been Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London.
William Courtenay, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1342)
The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied Crusader army, assisted by the Venetian navy, at the hands of an Ottoman force, raisin…
Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied Crusader army, assisted by the Venetian navy, at the hands of an Ottoman force, raisin…
Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He became a favourite of Henr…
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (died 1450)
Sir Jean de Carrouges IV was a French knight who held estates in Normandy as a vassal of Count Pierre d'Alençon and who served under Admiral Jean de Vienne in several campaigns aga…
Jean de Carrouges, French knight (born 1330)
Jean de Vienne was a French knight, general and Admiral of France during the Hundred Years' War.
Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (born 1341)
A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts…
Ottoman wars in Europe: Ottoman forces under Bayezid I defeated a Christian alliance led by Sigismund of Hungary near…
The Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395. The Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea the Elder opposed the Ottoman invasion personally led by Sultan Bayezid I the Thunderbolt. …
Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army
Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West was an English nobleman and politician.
Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1427)
Konstantin (Kostadin) Dejanović or Konstantin Dragaš was a Serbian magnate that ruled a large province in eastern Macedonia under Ottoman suzerainty, during the fall of the Serbian…
Konstantin Dejanović/Constantine Dragaš, Serbian ruler (born 1355)
Albert III of Austria (9 September 1349 – 29 August 1395), known as Albert with the Braid (Pigtail) (German: Albrecht mit dem Zopf), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of …
Albert III, duke of Austria (born 1349)
Wallachia is a geographical region of modern-day Romania, as well as one of the two historical Romanian principalities that laid the foundation for the establishment of the modern …
An outnumbered Wallachian army repulsed invading Ottoman forces at the Battle of Rovine