1390

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Decades: 1360s  1370s  1380s  - 1390s -  1400s  1410s  1420s
Years: 1387 1388 1389 - 1390 - 1391 1392 1393
1390 in topic:
Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -
Art - Literature - Music - Science
Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
Births - Deaths - Works

Year 1390 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• April 14 - John VII Palaiologos overthrows his grandfather, John V Palaiologos, as Byzantine Emperor.
• April 19 - Robert III succeeds his father, Robert II, as King of Scotland.
• September 17 - John VII Palaiologos seeks refuge with the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I after John V Palaiologos is restored by his son, Manuel, and the Republic of Venice.
• October 9 - Henry III succeeds his father, John I, as King of Castile and León.
• The Ottomans take Philadelphia, the last Byzantine enclave of any significance in Anatolia.
• With the help of the Teutonic Knights, Vytautas begins a revolt against his cousin, Jogaila the Supreme Prince of Lithuania.
• The Earl of Derby (the future King Henry IV of England) supports the Teutonic Knights at the siege of Vilnius.
• Barquq is restored as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt after overthrowing Sultan Hadji II.
• Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III overthrows his brother, Abu Baker, as Sultan of Delhi.
• Manuel III succeeds his father, Alexios III, as Emperor of Trebizond (now north eastern Turkey).
• Sikandar But-shikan succeeds Sikandar Shah as Sultan of Kashmir.
• Ko Cheng succeeds Che Bong Nga as King of Champa (now eastern Vietnam).
• Mahmud succeeds Sandaki as Mansa of the Mali Empire.
• N'Diklam Sare succeeds Sare N'Dyaye as ruler of the Jolof Empire (now part of Senegal).
• approximate date:
  • The Kingdom of Kaffa is established in present day Ethiopia.
• Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), is built.
• The Candi Surawana Temple is built in the Majapahit Kingdom (now Indonesia).
• Construction begins on San Petronio Basilica in Bologna.

1390 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 1390
MCCCXC
Ab urbe condita 2143
Armenian calendar 839
ԹՎ ՊԼԹ
Bahá'í calendar -454 – -453
Berber calendar 2340
Buddhist calendar 1934
Burmese calendar 752
Byzantine calendar 6898 – 6899
Chinese calendar 己巳年十二月十五日
(4026/4086-12-15) 庚午年十一月廿五日
(4027/4087-11-25)
Coptic calendar 1106 – 1107
Ethiopian calendar 1382 – 1383
Hebrew calendar 5150 – 5151
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1445 – 1446
 - Shaka Samvat 1312 – 1313
 - Kali Yuga 4491 – 4492
Holocene calendar 11390
Iranian calendar 768 – 769
Islamic calendar 792 – 793
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar 3723
Thai solar calendar 1933

Births

• October 3 - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447)
• December 27 - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
• probable
  • John Dunstaple, English composer (d. 1453)
  • Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman and rebel leader (d. 1436)

Deaths

• April 19 - King Robert II of Scotland (b. 1316)
• August 14 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
• September 23 - John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
• October 9 - King John I of Castile (fall from a horse) (b. 1358)
• September - Towtiwil, Prince of Black Ruthenia
• probable - Altichiero, Italian painter (b. 1330)