1381
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Years: 1378 1379 1380 - 1381 - 1382 1383 1384 |
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Decades: 1350s 1360s 1370s - 1380s - 1390s 1400s 1410s |
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Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
1381 by topic | |
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State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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Gregorian calendar | 1381 MCCCLXXXI |
Ab urbe condita | 2134 |
Armenian calendar | 830 ԹՎ ՊԼ |
Bahá'í calendar | -463 – -462 |
Buddhist calendar | 1925 |
Chinese calendar | 4017/4077-12-6 (庚申年十二月初六日) — to —
4018/4078-12-16(辛酉年十二月十六日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1373 – 1374 |
Hebrew calendar | 5141 – 5142 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1436 – 1437 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1303 – 1304 |
- Kali Yuga | 4482 – 4483 |
Holocene calendar | 11381 |
Iranian calendar | 759 – 760 |
Islamic calendar | 782 – 783 |
Japanese calendar | |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2041 (皇紀2041年) |
- Jōmon Era | 11381 |
Julian calendar | 1426 |
Korean calendar | 3714 |
Thai solar calendar | 1924 |
[edit] Events
- June 12 - Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels from Kent and Essex, lead by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, meet at Blackheath. There the rebels are encouraged by a sermon by renegade priest, John Ball.
- June 14 - Peasants' Revolt: Rebels destroy John of Gaunt's Savoy Palace and storm the Tower of London, killing the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor. King Richard II of England meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of serfdom.
- June 15 - Peasants' Revolt: During further negotiations, Wat Tyler is murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army. The rebel leaders are eventually captured and executed and Richard II revokes his concessions.
- The revolt is discussed in John Gower's Vox Clamantis and Froissart's Chronicles.
- Kęstutis overthrows his nephew, Jogaila, as Grand Duke of Lithuania. Jogaila is allowed to remain as governor of eastern Lithuania.
- Due to Joan I of Naples' support for Antipope Clement VII, Pope Urban VI bestows Naples upon Charles of Durazzo. With the help of the Hungarians, Charles advances on Naples and captures Joan.
- James of Baux, the ruler of Taranto and the Latin Empire, claims the Principality of Achaea after the imprisonment of Joan I of Naples.
- Sonam Drakpa deposes Drakpa Changchub as ruler of Tibet.
- Hajji I succeeds Alah-ad-Din Ali as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt. The Egyptian government continues to be controlled by rebel leader, Berkuk.
- After a naval battle, Venice wins the three year War of Chioggia against Genoa. The Genoans are permanently weakened by the conflict.
- Timur conquers east Persia, ending the rule of the Sarbadar Dynasty.
[edit] Births
- May 9 - Johann Schiltberger, German traveller and writer (died 1440)
- October 13 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1415)
- John I, Duke of Bourbon (died 1434)
- Saint Rita of Cascia (died 1457)
[edit] Deaths
- March 24 - Catherine of Sweden, Swedish saint
- May 15 - Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
- June 14 - Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
- June 15 - John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England
- December 2 - John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
- December 27 - Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
- Wat Tyler, English rebel