1379
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1340s 1350s 1360s – 1370s – 1380s 1390s 1400s |
| Years: | 1376 1377 1378 – 1379 – 1380 1381 1382 |
| 1379 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1379 (MCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- May 29 – John I succeeds his father, Henry II, as King of Castile and King of León.
- September 9 – Treaty of Neuberg signed, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between brothers Albert III and Leopold III. Albert III retains the title of Duke of Austria.
- The Venetians and Ottomans invade Constantinople and restore John V Palaiologos as Byzantine co-emperor. Andronikos IV Palaiologos is allowed to remain as Byzantine co-emperor but is confined to the city of Silivri for the remainder of his life.
| Gregorian calendar | 1379 MCCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2132 |
| Armenian calendar | 828 ԹՎ ՊԻԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -465 – -464 |
| Berber calendar | 2329 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1923 |
| Burmese calendar | 741 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6887 – 6888 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年十二月十三日 (4015/4075-12-13) — to —
己未年十一月廿二日(4016/4076-11-22) |
| Coptic calendar | 1095 – 1096 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1371 – 1372 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5139 – 5140 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1434 – 1435 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1301 – 1302 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4480 – 4481 |
| Holocene calendar | 11379 |
| Iranian calendar | 757 – 758 |
| Islamic calendar | 780 – 781 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3712 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1922 |
- Bairam Khawaja establishes the independent principality of the Turkomans of the Black Sheep Empire in present day Armenia.
- Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow raids Estonia.
- Foundation of New College, Oxford.
- Foundation of Wisbech Grammar School in England.
[edit] Births
- October 4 – King Henry III of Castile (died 1406)
- date unknown – Jerome of Prague, Hussite (died 1416)
[edit] Deaths
- February 18 – Albert II of Mecklenburg (born c. 1318)
- May 29 – King Henry II of Castile (born 1334)
- November 15 – Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (born 1346)
- December 16 – John Fitzalan, Marshal of England (drowned)
- date unknown – Aqsara'i, Persian physician
