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Year 1389 (MCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • February 24 – Queen Margaret of Norway and Denmark defeats Albert, King of Sweden in battle and becomes ruler of all three kingdoms. Albert is deposed from the Swedish throne and taken prisoner.
  • May 19 – Vasili I becomes Grand Prince of Moscow after the death of his father, Dmitry Donskoy.
  • June – The Käpplinge murders takes place in Stockholm in Sweden.
  • June 28 – Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire scores a decisive victory over the Serbs and their Christian allies. Both Sultan Murad I and the Serbian Prince Lazar are killed in battle.
  • Bayezid I (1389–1402) succeeds his father Murad I (1359–1389) as Ottoman Emperor.
  • Stefan III succeeds his father as ruler of Serbia.
  • July 18 – Hundred Years' War: The kingdoms of England and France sign the Truce of Leulinghem, ending the second phase of the war and bringing a 13-year peace.
  • November 2 – Pope Boniface IX succeeds Pope Urban VI as the 203rd pope.

    • Date unknown

  • Goryeo Revolution in Korea (1388–1392): King Chang of Goryeo is forced from power and replaced by King Gongyang. The ten-year-old Chang and his predecessor, U, are both assassinated later in the year.
  • Hadji II is restored as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt after overthrowing Sultan Barquq.
  • With the backing of Antipope John XXIII, supporters of Louis II overthrow the underage King Ladislaus as King of Naples. The new Pope Boniface IX recognises Ladislaus's claim to the throne.
  • Wikramawardhana succeeds Hayam Wuruk as ruler of the Majapahit Empire (now Indonesia).
  • The unpopular Sultan Tughluq Khan of Delhi is murdered and succeeded by his brother, Abu Bakr Shah.
  • Biri II succeeds Kade Alunu as King of the Kanem-Bornu Empire (now eastern Chad and Nigeria) and the Empire loses its land in present-day Chad to the Bilala.
  • Sandaki overthrows Magha II as Mansa of the Mali Empire.
  • Abd ar-Rahmân II succeeds Musa II as ruler of the Ziyanid Dynasty in present-day western Algeria.
  • Abu Tashufin II succeeds his nephew, Abu Hammu II, as ruler of the Abdalwadid Dynasty in present-day eastern Algeria.
  • Carmo Convent is built in Lisbon, Portugal.

    • Births

  • March 1 – Antoninus of Florence, Italian archbishop
  • June 20 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
  • April 10 – Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
  • December 5 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (d. 1455)
  • December 24 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)

    • Deaths

  • May 19 – Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
  • June 15 (in the Battle of Kosovo)
  • Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1319)
  • Prince Lazar, Prince of Serbia (b. 1329)
  • Miloš Obilić, Serbian knight
  • October 15 – Pope Urban VI (b. 1318)
  • date unknown
  • Isabella, Countess of Fife (b. 1320)
  • Hayam Wuruk, ruler of the Majapahit Empire (b. 1334)
  • Former King Chang of Goryeo (assassinated)
  • Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq II of Delhi (murdered)

    • References

    1389 Wikipedia
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