1394

1394 in various
Minguo calendar
	518 before ROC; 民前518年
Nanakshahi calendar	−74
Thai solar calendar	1936–1937
Tibetan calendar	阴水鸡年; (female Water-Rooster); 1520 or 1139 or 367; — to —; 阳木狗年; (male Wood-Dog); 1521 or 1140 or 368

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century; 14th century ; 15th century;
Decades:	1370s; 1380s; 1390s ; 1400s; 1410s;
Years:	1391; 1392; 1393; 1394 ; 1395; 1396; 1397;

Year 1394 (1394) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the January 18 calendar

.

Events

January–December

February 28 – Richard II of England grants Geoffrey Chaucer 20 pounds a year for life, for his services as a diplomat and Clerk of The King's Works.^[1]
June 11 – The Venetians take over possession of Argos, from Despot Theodore I Palaiologos.^[2]
September 17 – King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from France.^[3]
September 28 – Antipope Benedict XIII is elected to succeed Antipope Clement VII.^[4]
Serb and Bulgarian vassals.^[5]

Gaeseong) to Hanseong (now Seoul
).

December 6 – The astronomical clock of St. Nicholas Church in Stralsund is finished and signed by Nikolaus Lilienfeld.

Date unknown

The Ottomans conquer Thessaly (now eastern Greece) and begin an eight-year siege of Constantinople, in the Byzantine Empire. In the same year, they begin building the Anadoluhisarı fortress to defend themselves during the siege.^[6]
shōgun of Japan, and is succeeded by his son, Ashikaga Yoshimochi
.

Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Jongmyo royal ancestral shrine are built in Hanseong (now Seoul).
After the death of Sultan Mahmud II, civil war breaks out in the Delhi Sultanate, splitting the state between east and west.
Battle of Ros-Mhic-Thriúin: The Kingdom of Leinster, led by King Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, defeats an invading army from England, led by King Richard II of England and Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March.
Ştefan I succeeds Roman I, as Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova and eastern Romania).
Abu Zayyan II succeeds his brother, Abul Hadjdjadj I, as ruler of the
Abdalwadid dynasty in present-day eastern Algeria.^[7]

Abd al-Aziz II succeeds Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II, as ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in present-day Tunisia.^[8]
The
Allgäuer Brauhaus brewery is founded in present-day Germany.^[9]

The
mulberry and jujube
trees.

Births

March 4 – Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (d. 1460)^[10]
June 4 – Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430)^[11]
shōgun (d. 1441
)

July 25 – James I of Scotland (d. 1437)^[12]
November 24 – Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)^[13]
date unknown
- Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (d. 1449)
- Ikkyū, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (d. 1481)
- Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (d. 1415)^[14]
probable – Cymburgis of Masovia, Duchess of Austria

Deaths

hermitess (b. 1347)^[15]

March 17 – Louis, Count of Enghien, Count of Conversano and Brienne
March 24 – Constance of Castile, claimant to the throne of Castile
June 4 – Mary de Bohun, English countess, married to Henry IV of England^[16]
June 7 – Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (plague) (b. 1366)^[17]
August 27 – Emperor Chōkei of Japan (b. 1343)
September 16 – Antipope Clement VII (b. 1342)^[18]
December 28 – Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, basilissa of Epirus (b. 1350)
date unknown
- John Hawkwood, English mercenary (b. 1320)
- Fazlallah Astarabadi, Persian founder of the mystical Hurufism sect (executed)
- Sultan Mahmud II of the Delhi Sultanate
- Former King Gongyang of Goryeo (b. 1345)

References

^ Geoffrey Chaucer (1866). The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Bell and Daldy. pp. 37.
^ Manuel II Palaeologus (Emperor of the East) (1985). Manuel II Palaeologus: Funeral Oration on His Brother Theodore. Association for Byzantine Research. p. 19.
ISBN 978-0-87068-000-7
.

^ Sir Frederick Dixon HARTLAND (1854). A chronological dictionary or index to the genealogical chart, etc. p. 14.

ISBN 978-3-640-36481-7
.

ISBN 978-981-4217-52-1
.

^ Anuario de estudios medievales. Instituto de Historia Medieval de España. 1990. p. 157.

ISBN 88-06-58404-9
.

^ Adressbuch ... 8960 Kempten, Allgäu: bearb. nach d. amtl. Unterlagen d. Stadtverwaltung u. eigenen Erhebungen d. Verl. 1986. Bleicher. p. 26.

^ Richard Henry Major (1877). The Discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator, and Their Results; Being the Narrative of the Discovery by Sea, Within One Century, of More Than Half the World. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. pp. 20.

ISBN 978-0-8108-7497-8
.

ISBN 9780631147008
.

ISBN 90-04-07849-5
.

^ Great Britain. Court of Chancery (1918). Inquisitions Post Mortem Relating to Yorkshire: Of the Reigns of Henry IV and Henry V. Society. p. 112.

ISBN 9781579582821
.

ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7
.

ISBN 9780230273962
.

^ "Clement (VII) | antipope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[1] Geoffrey Chaucer (1866). The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Bell and Daldy. pp. 37.

[2] Manuel II Palaeologus (Emperor of the East) (1985). Manuel II Palaeologus: Funeral Oration on His Brother Theodore. Association for Byzantine Research. p. 19.

[3] ISBN 978-0-87068-000-7
.

[4] Sir Frederick Dixon HARTLAND (1854). A chronological dictionary or index to the genealogical chart, etc. p. 14.

[5] ISBN 978-3-640-36481-7
.

[6] ISBN 978-981-4217-52-1
.

[7] Anuario de estudios medievales. Instituto de Historia Medieval de España. 1990. p. 157.

[8] ISBN 88-06-58404-9
.

[9] Adressbuch ... 8960 Kempten, Allgäu: bearb. nach d. amtl. Unterlagen d. Stadtverwaltung u. eigenen Erhebungen d. Verl. 1986. Bleicher. p. 26.

[10] Richard Henry Major (1877). The Discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator, and Their Results; Being the Narrative of the Discovery by Sea, Within One Century, of More Than Half the World. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. pp. 20.

[11] ISBN 978-0-8108-7497-8
.

[12] ISBN 9780631147008
.

[13] ISBN 90-04-07849-5
.

[14] Great Britain. Court of Chancery (1918). Inquisitions Post Mortem Relating to Yorkshire: Of the Reigns of Henry IV and Henry V. Society. p. 112.

[15] ISBN 9781579582821
.

[16] ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7
.

[17] ISBN 9780230273962
.

[18] "Clement (VII) | antipope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s
Years:	1391 1392 1393 1394 1395 1396 1397

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