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250px|thumb|May 29 to September 3: The siege of Lisbon by the Kingdom of Castile is maintained for more than two months before the Castilians withdraw.
1384
Year 1384 (MCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
January 2 (10th waxing of Tabodwe, 745 ME) – King Binnya U of Burma's Hanthawaddy kingdom is killed in a rebellion at the capital, Bago. His 16-year-old son, Pasoom-Paing-Cek, is installed by the rebels as King Razadarit.Pan Hla Nai Nai Pan Hla Razadarit Ayedawbon my 1968 8th printing 2005 Yangon Armanthit Sarpay 157–158
January 26 – England and France agree to a truce and ceasefire in the ongoing Revolt of Ghent. The Kingdom of Scotland goes to war to retake Scottish territory occupied by the English Army.Boardman Stephen Steve Boardman (historian) The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371–1406 John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd 2007 Edinburgh The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland Series 118 978-1-904607-68-7
January 30 – Margaret III becomes the Countess of Flanders upon the death of her 53-year-old father, Count Louis II.Louis II, count of Flanders Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-II-count-of-Flanders Margaret and her husband Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, become co-rulers of both Flanders and Burgundy.
February 4 – Scottish forces make an attack against English occupation forces in Scotland and recapture Lochmaben Castle and Teviotdale.Sir Herbert Maxwell, A History of the House of Douglas: From the Earliest Times Down to the Legislative Union of England and Scotland, Volume 1 (Freemantle & Company, 1902) pp.92-93
February 7 – Nicholas Brembre, Lord Mayor of London after defeating John Northampton's bid for re-election, arranges to have Northampton arrested on charges of sedition.
February 11 – In protest of former mayor Northampton's arrest in London, local businessman and shoe manufacturer John Constantine incites other business owners to close their shops and to disrupt commerce. Constantine is then arrested and beheaded at Cheapside for leading an insurrection, and his severed head is placed on the Newgate entrance to the London Wall.Cohn S. K. Popular Protest in Late Medieval English Towns 2013 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 42 978-1-10702-780-0
March 3 – King Richard II of England summons the members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords to assemble at Salisbury on April 29.
April–June
April 29 – The Parliament of England opens a four-week session at Salisbury at the palace of the Bishop of Salisbury. Sir James Pickering is elected as Speaker of the House of Commons for the third consecutive time of his career.
May 27 – The English Parliament adjourns and King Richard II gives royal assent to laws passed during the session.
May 29 – The army of the Crown of Castile army begins the siege of Lisbon, capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.Miguel Duarte, Luís, Batalhas da História de Portugal – Guerra pela Independência, Academia Portuguesa de História, Lisboa, 2006, Vol. IV, pp. 88-92Rogers Clifford J. https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology 2010 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-533403-6 511–513 en
June 15 – Antoniotto I Adorno is elected as Doge of the Republic of Genoa following the death of the Doge Leonardo Montaldo from bubonic plague the day before.Oreste Giuseppe Dizionario biografico degli Italiano http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antoniotto-adorno_(Dizionario_Biografico)/ March 1, 2012 1960 Adorno serves as the Republic's chief executive until 1390.
July–September
July 19 – Portugal's Navy, with 34 ships, breaks the Castilian blockade of the besieged city of Lisbon, defeating a force of 53 Castilian ships in the Battle of Tejo.Tancredo de Morais, História da Marinha Portuguesa (History of the Portuguese Navy) (Lisbon: Clube Militar Naval, 1940) p.185
July 26 – The Treaty of Heidelberg ends a fight between the Süddeutscher Städtebund (South German League of Cities, with 28 member cities) and the allies of Wenceslaus IV, King of Germany.Friedrich Ebrard, Der erste Annäherungsversuch König Wenzels an den schwäbisch-rheinischen Städtebund 1384-1385. Eine historische Untersuchung. (King Wenceslaus's First Attempt at Rapprochement with the Swabian-Rhenish League of Cities, 1384–1385. A Historical Investigation) (Strasbourg, 1877) online im Internet Archive
August 5 – An earthquake strikes the island of Lesbos in Greece, killing numerous people including the Genoan Lord of Lesbos, Francesco I Gattilusio, along with his two eldest sons, Andronico and Domenico. His son Jacopo Gattiliuso survives and rules the island under the name Francesco II.Wright Christopher The Gattilusio Lordships and the Aegean World 1355-1462 46 Brill 2014
August 16 – The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China hears a case of a couple who tore paper money notes, while fighting over them. Under the law, this is considered an act of destroying stamped government documents, which is to be punished by a caning with a bamboo rod of 100 strokes. However, the Emperor decides to pardon them, on the grounds that it was unintentional. 《大明太祖高皇帝實錄卷之一百六十三》 https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=en&chapter=116515 Ming Veritable Records ctext.org zh Chinese Text Project 26 June 2026
September 3 – The siege of Lisbon by the Castilian Army ends as the Portuguese defenders protect the capital of the kingdom of Portugal.
September 28 – King Richard II summons the English Parliament to meet on November 12.
October–December
October 16 – At the age of 10, Jadwiga is crowned "King" of Poland in Kraków following the 1382 death of her father, King Louis of Hungary.Halecki Oscar Oscar Halecki 1991 Jadwiga of Anjou and the Rise of East Central Europe Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America 109 0-88033-206-9 Wyrozumski Jerzy Królowa Jadwiga. Między epoką piastowską i jagiellońską Universitas Queen Jadwiga: Between the Piast and Jagiellonian Eras Kraków 1997 83–84 83-7052-934-8
November 12 – The 12th parliament of King Richard II assembles and elects James Pickering as Speaker of the House for the fourth consecutive time.
November – John Earl of Buchan, the son of Robert II of Scotland was appointed as lieutenant of the kingdom of Scotland.
December 14 – The second assembly in 1384 of the English Parliament is adjourned.
December 25 – Use of the Spanish era dating system in the Crown of Castile is suppressed.
Unknown Date
The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China reinstates the Imperial examination system for drafting scholar-officials to the civil service, after suspending the system since 1373, in favor of a recommendation system to office.
The Nasrid princes of Al-Andalus replace Abu al-Abbas with Abu Faris Musa ibn Faris, as ruler of the Marinid dynasty in modern-day Morocco.
Zain Al-Abidin succeeds his father, Shah Shuja, as ruler of the Muzaffarids in central Persia.
Shortly before his death on the last day of the year, John Wycliffe sends out tracts against Pope Urban VI, who has not turned out to be the reformist Wycliffe had hoped.
Qara Muhammad succeeds Bairam Khawaja, as ruler of the Kara Koyunlu ("Black Sheep Turkomans"), in modern-day Armenia and northern Iraq.
Timur conquers the northern territories of the Jalayirid Empire, in western Persia.
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is founded in Gloucestershire, England.Berkeley [née Clivedon], Katherine, Lady Berkeley (d. 1385), benefactor https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-54435 2021-03-25 2004 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/54435 978-0-19-861412-8
Births
August – Antoine, Duke of Brabant (d. 1415)
August 11 – Yolande of Aragon (d. 1442)
date unknown
St Frances of Rome (d. 1440)
Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxiana (d. 1411)
Sigismondo Polcastro, Italian physician and natural philosopher (d. 1473)
Deaths
January 30 – Louis II, Count of Flanders (b. 1330)
May – William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, Scottish magnate (b.c. 1327)
June 8 – Kan'ami, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1333)
August 6 – Francesco I of Lesbos
August 20 – Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340)
September 10 – Joanna of Dreux, Countess of Penthievre and nominal Duchess of Brittany (b. 1319)
September 20 – Louis I, Duke of Anjou (b. 1339)
October – Joan Holland, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1350)
December 23 – Thomas Preljubović, ruler of Epirus
December 31 – John Wycliffe, English theologian, Bible translator and Catholic reform campaigner
date unknown
John of Fordun, Scottish chronicler
Peter of Enghien, Count of Lecce
Ruaidri mac Tairdelbach Ó Conchobair, King of Connacht
probable – Liubartas, King of Galicia
Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili al-Jizzini also known as al-Shahid al-Awwal, author of al-Lum'ah al-Dimashqiyah (b. ca 1334)
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