1387

This article is about the year 1387. For the number see 1387 (number).

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1350s  1360s  1370s  – 1380s –  1390s  1400s  1410s
Years:	1384 1385 1386 – 1387 – 1388 1389 1390

1387 by topic

Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

Art and literature

1387 in poetry

1387 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1387 MCCCLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2140
Armenian calendar	836 ԹՎ ՊԼԶ
Assyrian calendar	6137
Bahá'í calendar	-457–-456
Bengali calendar	794
Berber calendar	2337
English Regnal year	10 Ric. 2 – 11 Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar	1931
Burmese calendar	749
Byzantine calendar	6895–6896
Chinese calendar	丙寅年十二月十一日 (4023/4083-12-11) — to — 丁卯年十一月廿一日 (4024/4084-11-21)
Coptic calendar	1103–1104
Ethiopian calendar	1379–1380
Hebrew calendar	5147–5148
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1443–1444
- Shaka Samvat	1309–1310
- Kali Yuga	4488–4489
Holocene calendar	11387
Igbo calendar
- Ǹrí Ìgbò	387–388
Iranian calendar	765–766
Islamic calendar	788–789
Japanese calendar
Juche calendar	N/A (before 1912)
Julian calendar	1387    MCCCLXXXVII
Korean calendar	3720
Minguo calendar	525 before ROC 民前525年
Thai solar calendar	1930

Year 1387 (MCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• January – Sigismund, the future Holy Roman Emperor and husband of Queen Mary of Hungary, orders the murder of his mother-in-law, Elizabeta Kotromanic, and declares himself joint ruler of Hungary.
• January 1 – Charles III ascends to the throne of Navarre after the death of his father, Charles II.
• January 5 – John I succeeds his father, Peter IV, as King of Aragon and Valencia, and forms an alliance with France and Castile.
• March 11 – Battle of Castagnaro between the Italian cities of Verona and Padua: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona.
• March 24 – Hundred Years War – Battle of Margate: The English defeat an invading French and Castilian naval force.
• June 2 – John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon.
• August 22 – Olaf, King of Norway and Denmark and claimant to the throne of Sweden, dies. The vacant thrones come under the regency of his mother Margaret I of Denmark, who will soon become Queen in her own right.
• December 19 – Battle of Radcot Bridge: Forces loyal to Richard II of England are defeated by a group of rebellious barons known as the Lords Appellant. Richard II is imprisoned until he agrees to replace all the councillors in his court.

Date unknown

• Timur conquers the Muzaffarid Empire in central Persia and appoints three puppet rulers.
• Khan Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde invades the Timurid Empire but has to soon after withdraw due to heavy snow.
• Magha II succeeds his brother, Musa II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire.

Births

• July 6 – Queen Blanche I of Navarre (d. 1441)
• August 9 – King Henry V of England (d. 1422)
• date unknown – Henriette of Mömpelgard, countess of Mömpelgard and regent of Württemberg (d. 1444)

Deaths

• January – Elizabeth of Bosnia, regent of Hungary
• January 1 – King Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
• January 5 – Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
• July 20 – Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (poisoned) (b. 1356)
• July 22 – Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
• August 23 – King Olaf IV of Norway/Olaf III of Denmark (b. 1370)
• date unknown
  • Richard Og Burke, second Clanricarde
  • Sir David Hanmer, judge, father-in-law of Owain Glyndŵr