1390

Events

  • Robert III succeeds his father, Robert II, as King of Scotland.
  • Henry III succeeds his father, John I, as King of Castile and León.
  • John VII Palaiologos overthrows his grandfather, John V Palaiologos, as Byzantine Emperor. John V Palaiologos is restored later in the year by his son, Manuel, and the Republic of Venice.
  • The Turks take Philadelphia, the last Byzantine enclave of any significance in Anatolia.
  • With the help of the Teutonic Knights, Vytautas begins a revolt against his cousin, Jogaila the Supreme Prince of Lithuania.
  • Barquq is restored as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt after overthrowing Sultan Hadji II.
  • Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III overthrows his brother, Abu Baker, as Sultan of Delhi.
  • Manuel III succeeds his father, Alexios III, as Emperor of Trebizond (now north eastern Turkey).
  • Sikandar But-shikan succeeds Sikandar Shah as Sultan of Kashmir.
  • Ko Cheng succeeds Che Bong Nga as King of Champa (now eastern Vietnam).
  • Mahmud succeeds Sandaki as Mansa of the Mali Empire.
  • N'Diklam Sare succeeds Sare N'Dyaye as ruler of the Jolof Empire (now part of Senegal).
  • (circa 1390) The Kingdom of Kaffa is established in present-day Ethiopia.
  • Building of Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City).
  • Building of the Candi Surawana temple in the Majapahit Kingdom (now Indonesia).
  • San Petronio Basilica begins to be built in Bologna.
1390 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1390
MCCCXC
Ab urbe condita2143
Armenian calendar839
ԹՎ ՊԼԹ
Assyrian calendar6140
Balinese saka calendar1311–1312
Bengali calendar797
Berber calendar2340
English Regnal year13 Ric. 2  14 Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar1934
Burmese calendar752
Byzantine calendar6898–6899
Chinese calendar己巳(Earth Snake)
4086 or 4026
     to 
庚午年 (Metal Horse)
4087 or 4027
Coptic calendar1106–1107
Discordian calendar2556
Ethiopian calendar1382–1383
Hebrew calendar5150–5151
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1446–1447
 - Shaka Samvat1311–1312
 - Kali Yuga4490–4491
Holocene calendar11390
Igbo calendar390–391
Iranian calendar768–769
Islamic calendar792–793
Japanese calendarKōō 2 / Meitoku 1
(明徳元年)
Javanese calendar1303–1304
Julian calendar1390
MCCCXC
Korean calendar3723
Minguo calendar522 before ROC
民前522年
Nanakshahi calendar−78
Thai solar calendar1932–1933
Tibetan calendar阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
1516 or 1135 or 363
     to 
阳金马年
(male Iron-Horse)
1517 or 1136 or 364

Births

  • December 27Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (died 1411)
  • Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancemaster (died 1470)
  • John Dunstaple, English composer (died 1453)
  • Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman and rebel leader (died 1436)
  • Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (died 1447)
  • John VIII Palaeologus Byzantine Emperor (died 1448)

Deaths

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