1394
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This article is about the year 1394. For the electronics standard, see IEEE 1394.
Years: 1391 1392 1393 - 1394 - 1395 1396 1397 |
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Decades: 1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420s |
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Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
1394 by topic | |
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Gregorian calendar | 1394 MCCCXCIV |
Ab urbe condita | 2147 |
Armenian calendar | 843 ԹՎ ՊԽԳ |
Bahá'í calendar | -450 – -449 |
Buddhist calendar | 1938 |
Chinese calendar | 4030/4090-11-29 (癸酉年十一月廿九日) — to —
4031/4091-12-9(甲戌年十二月初九日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1386 – 1387 |
Hebrew calendar | 5154 – 5155 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1449 – 1450 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1316 – 1317 |
- Kali Yuga | 4495 – 4496 |
Holocene calendar | 11394 |
Iranian calendar | 772 – 773 |
Islamic calendar | 796 – 797 |
Japanese calendar | Ōei 1 (応永元年) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2054 (皇紀2054年) |
- Jōmon Era | 11394 |
Julian calendar | 1439 |
Korean calendar | 3727 |
Thai solar calendar | 1937 |
[edit] Events
- September 17 - King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from France.
- Battle of Karanovasa - Wallachia (now southern Romania) resists an invasion by the Ottomans and their Serb and Bulgarian vassals.
- Anti-Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Anti-Pope Clement VII.
- The Ottomans begin an eight-year siege of Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire.
- The Anadoluhisarı fortress is built by the Ottomans to defend themselves during he siege.
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu retires as shogun of Japan and is succeeded by his son, Ashikaga Yoshimochi.
- The capital city of the Joseon Dynasty in present-day Korea is moved from Gaegyeong (now Gaeseong) to Hanseong (now Seoul).
- Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Jongmyo royal ancestral shrine are built in Hanseong (now Seoul).
- After the death of Sultan Mahmud II, civil war breaks out in the Delhi Sultanate, splitting the state between east and west.
- Battle of Ros-mic-Triuin - the Kingdom of Leinster, led by King Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, defeats an invading army from England, led by King Richard II of England and Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March.
- Ştefan I succeeds Roman I as Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova and eastern Romania).
- Abu Zayyan II succeeds his brother, Abul Hadjdjadj I, as ruler of the Abdalwadid dynasty in present-day eastern Algeria.
- Yûsuf I succeeds Abd ar-Rahmân II as ruler of the Ziyanid Dynasty in present-day western Algeria.
- The Ottomans conquer Thessaly (now eastern Greece).
- Abd al-Aziz II succeeds Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II as ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in present-day Tunisia.
- Richard II of England grants Geoffrey Chaucer twenty pounds a year for life for his services as a diplomat and Clerk of The King's Works.
- The Allgäuer Brauhaus brewery is founded in present-day Germany.
[edit] Births
- March 4 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (died 1460)
- July 12 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (died 1441)
- November 24 - Charles, duc d'Orléans, French poet (died 1465)
- December 10 - King James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
- Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (died 1449)
- Cymburgis of Masovia, Duchess of Austria
- Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (died 1481)
- Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (died 1415)
[edit] Deaths
- June 4 - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England
- June 7 - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (plague) (born 1366)
- July 24 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, Scottish prince (born 1343)
- August 27 - Emperor Chokei of Japan, former Emperor (born 1343)
- September 16 - Avignon Pope Clement VII (born 1342)
- John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (born 1365)
- John Devereux 2nd Baron Devereux
- Louis of Enghien, Count of Conversano and Brienne
- John Hawkwood, English mercenary (born 1320)
- Constance of Castile, claimant to the thrown of Castile
- Fazlallah Astarabadi, founder of the mystical Hurufism sect (executed)
- Sultan Mahmud II of Delhi
- Former King Gongyang of Goryeo (born 1345)