Explore 72 historical events from 1390–1399.
Philippa of England, also known as Philippa of Lancaster, was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1406 to 1430 by marriage to King Eric of the Kalmar Union. She was the daught…
Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (died 1430)
Ashikaga Yoshinori was the sixth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1429 to 1441 during the Muromachi period of medieval Japan. Yoshinori was the son of the third s…
Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (died 1441)
James I was King of Scots from 1406 to 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III and his wife Annabella Drummond. His older brother Davi…
James I, king of Scotland (died 1437)
Mary de Bohun was the first wife of Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Northampton, who became King Henry IV. As she died before her husband came to the throne, Mary was never queen. She a…
Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (bornc
Anne of Bohemia, also known as Anne of Luxembourg, was Queen of England as the first wife of King Richard II. A member of the House of Luxembourg, she was the daughter of Charles I…
Anne of Bohemia, English queen (born 1366)
Dorothea of Montau was an anchoress and visionary of 14th century Prussia. After centuries of veneration in Central Europe, she was beatified in 1976.
Dorothea of Montau, German hermitess (born 1347)
Emperor Chōkei was the 98th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 1368 through 1383. His personal name was Yutanari (寛成) and his rega…
Emperor Chōkei of Japan (born 1343)
Robert of Geneva was elected to the papacy as Clement VII by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing in Avignon, France. His election led to the…
Antipope Clement VII (born 1342)
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror, first ruler of the Timurid dynasty, and the founder of the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Ir…
Timur takes Baghdad from Sultan Ahmad Jalayir for the first time.
Arthur III, more commonly known as Arthur de Richemont, was briefly Duke of Brittany from 1457 until his death. He is noted primarily, however, for his role as a leading military c…
Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (died 1458)
Albert (V) d'Este was Lord of Ferrara and Modena from 1388 until his death.
Alberto d'Este, Lord of Ferrara and Modena (born 1347)
Emperor Go-Kameyama was the 99th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He ruled from 1383 to October 21, 1392, becoming the last Emperor of the South…
Japanese Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
Muhammad VII, reigned 3 October 1392 – 13 May 1408, was the twelfth Nasrid ruler of the Muslim Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula. He was the son of Yusuf II…
Muhammed VII becomes the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
Chŏng Mongju, also known by his art name P'oŭn (포은), was a Korean statesman, diplomat, philosopher, poet, calligrapher and reformist of the Goryeo period. He was a major figure of …
Chŏng Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (born 1338)
Muhammad VII, reigned 3 October 1392 – 13 May 1408, was the twelfth Nasrid ruler of the Muslim Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula. He was the son of Yusuf II…
Muhammad VII became the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
The Tokhtamysh–Timur war was fought from 1386 to 1395 between Tokhtamysh, the khan of the Golden Horde, and the warlord and conqueror Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire, in the a…
Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southea
The Lithuanian Civil War of 1389–1392 was the second civil conflict between Jogaila, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his cousin Vytautas. At issue was control of th…
Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
Manuel II Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425. Shortly before his death he was tonsured a monk and received the name Matthaios (Ματθαίος). Manuel was…
Manuel drives his nephew John VII, who had declared himself emperor in April of that year, out from Constantinople and…
Witchcraft is the use of magic by a person called a witch. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic to inflict supernatural harm or misfortune on others, and this remains…
First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester was an English prince, soldier and literary patron. He was, and styled himself as, "son, brother and uncle of kings", being the fourth and…
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (died 1447)
Robert II was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was named R…
Robert II, king of Scotland (born 1316)
Albert of Saxony was a late medieval German philosopher, mathematician, and Latin (Catholic) bishop known for his contributions to logic and physics. As Fürstbischof (prince-bishop…
Albert of Saxony, Bishop of Halberstadt and German philosopher (born circa 1320)
John I was the Duke of Lorraine from 1346 to his death. As an infant of six months, he succeeded his father, Rudolph, who was killed in the Battle of Crécy. His mother was Marie of…
John I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1346)
John I was King of Castile and León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II and Juana Manuel of Castile. John ascended to the throne in 1379, and in 1383, he married Beatr…
John I of Castile (born 1358)