1386
1386 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1350s 1360s 1370s – 1380s – 1390s 1400s 1410s |
| Years: | 1383 1384 1385 – 1386 – 1387 1388 1389 |
Events
- Elizabeta Kotromanic, the mother of the overthrown Queen Mary of Hungary and Croatia, arranges the assassination of Charles of Durazzo, the ruler of Hungary, Naples, Achaea and Croatia.
- Mary is reinstated as Queen of Hungary and Croatia.
- Charles' son, Ladislas, becomes King of Naples.
- A period of interregnum begins in Achaea, lasting until 1396. Rule of Achaea is sought by numerous pretenders, none of whom can be considered to have reigned.
- July 9 – Battle of Sempach: The Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule.
- Queen Jadwiga of Poland marries Grand Duke Jagiello of Lithuania, unifying their two countries.
- Abu al-Abbas is reinstated as ruler of the Marinid dynasty in present-day Morocco.
- John of Gaunt leaves England to make good his claim to the throne of Castile by right of his second marriage to Constanza of Castile in 1371.
- The Timurid Empire raids Georgia and takes King Bagrat V prisoner. Bagrat is subsequently freed by an army led by his son, George.
- Hundred Years' War – Battle of Margate: The English defeat an invading French and Castilian naval force.
- Dan I of Wallachia (now southern Romania) is killed in battle against the Bulgarians and is succeeded by Mircea the Old.
- May 9 – King John I of Portugal and King Richard II of England ratified the Treaty of Windsor.
- May 20 – First mention of the city of Piteşti, now in Romania.
- Founding of Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, the oldest university in Germany.
- The Venetians take control of the island of Corfu.
- The Brancacci Chapel begins to be built in Florence.
- Rozhdestvensky monastery is built in Muscovy.
Births
- March 12 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (died 1428)
- June 24 – Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (died 1456)
- Donatello, Italian artist (died 1466)
- Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (died 1444)
Deaths
- July 9 – Duke Leopold III of Austria (killed in battle) (born 1351)
- James Audley, English knight
- William Langland, English poet (born 1332)