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Year 1383 (MCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

January–December

  • May 17 – King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal
  • July 7 – The childless James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea and last titular Latin Emperor, dies. As a result:
  • Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (now southern Greece).
  • Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, the widower of Joanna I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (now eastern Italy).
  • Louis I, Duke of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire (now western Turkey) but never uses the title of Emperor.
  • October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice of Portugal. A period of civil war and anarchy, known as the 1383–85 Crisis, begins in Portugal due to Beatrice being married to the King John I of Castile and Leon.

    • Date unknown

  • The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
  • Rao Chanda succeeds Rao Biram Dev as Rathore ruler of Marwar (now in western India).
  • Löwenbräu beer is first brewed.
  • Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Temple is built in present-day Thailand by King Kuena of Lanna.
  • Construction of the Bastille is completed in Paris, France.

    • Births

  • April 30 – Anne of Gloucester, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1438)
  • September 4 – Antipope Felix V (d. 1451)
  • November 9 – Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (d. 1441)
  • date unknown – Pope Eugene IV (d. 1447)

    • Deaths

  • March 1 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (b. 1334)
  • March 3 – Hugh III of Arborea
  • June 5 – Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
  • June 8 – Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)
  • June 15 – John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1292)
  • July 7   James of Baux, titular Latin Emperor
  • October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
  • December 7 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337)

    • References

    1383 Wikipedia
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