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| Millennia: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420s |
| Years: | 1390 1391 1392 1393 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
Contents |
Events and trends
1392
- Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a coup d'état, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon.
- End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan.
1394
- Expulsion of Jews from France.
1395
- End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family.
1397
- Richard Whittington aka Dick Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London.
- John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset.
1398
- Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed.
- Construction of the Stecknitz Canal as one of the oldest artificial waterways of the world.
- Timur arrived on the bank of the Indus River, and proceeded to sack Delhi.
1399
- Henry IV becomes King of England.
Births
1390
1391
- King Duarte of Portugal (d. 1438)
- Gedun Drub, the first Dalai Lama
1393
1394
- Prince Henry the Navigator, explorer (d. 1460).
- Ulugh Beg, Timurid astronomer.
1396
1397
- King Sejong the Great of Joseon, the humane scientist ruler of Korea
- August 10 - Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Deaths
1393
- Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
1394
1397
- Thomas of Woodstock (son of King Edward III of England)
1398
- Emperor Sukō, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders.
- Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty.