1379

1379 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1379 MCCCLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2132
Armenian calendar	828 ԹՎ ՊԻԸ
Assyrian calendar	6129
Balinese saka calendar	1300–1301
Bengali calendar	785–786
Berber calendar	2329
English Regnal year	2  Ric. 2  – 3  Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar	1923
Burmese calendar	741
Byzantine calendar	6887–6888
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth  Horse) 4076 or 3869     — to — 己未年 (Earth  Goat) 4077 or 3870
Coptic calendar	1095–1096
Discordian calendar	2545
Ethiopian calendar	1371–1372
Hebrew calendar	5139–5140
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1435–1436
- Shaka Samvat	1300–1301
- Kali Yuga	4479–4480
Holocene calendar	11379
Igbo calendar	379–380
Iranian calendar	757–758
Islamic calendar	780–781
Japanese calendar	Eiwa 5 / Kōryaku 1 (康暦元年)
Javanese calendar	1292–1293
Julian calendar	1379 MCCCLXXIX
Korean calendar	3712
Minguo calendar	533 before ROC 民前533年
Nanakshahi calendar	−89
Thai solar calendar	1921–1922
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1505 or 1124 or 352     — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1506 or 1125 or 353

Year 1379 ( MCCCLXXIX ) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• May 29 – John I succeeds his father, Henry II, as King of Castile and King of León. ^[1]
• June 30 – New College, Oxford, is founded in England by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. ^[2]
• July 1 – Forces of the Republic of Venice and Ottoman Turks, having invaded Constantinople, restore John V Palaiologos as Byzantine co-emperor. Andronikos IV Palaiologos is allowed to remain as co-emperor, but is confined to the city of Silivri for the remainder of his life. ^[3]
• September 9 – The Treaty of Neuberg is signed, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between brothers Albert III and Leopold III. Albert III retains the title of Duke of Austria. ^[4]

Date unknown

• Bairam Khawaja establishes the independent principality of the Kara Koyunlu (Turkomans of the Black Sheep Empire), in modern-day Armenia.
• Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow raids Estonia.
• In the Hundred Years' War, the French lose control of most of Brittany to the English. ^[5]
• Wisbech Grammar School is founded in England. ^[6]
• Timur conquers the Sufid Dynasty of Khwarazm. ^[7]

Births

• October 4 – King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
• date unknown
  • Jerome of Prague, Hussite (d. 1416)
  • Empress Zhang (Hongxi) of China (d. 1442)

Deaths

• February 18 – Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. c. 1318)
• May 29 – King Henry II of Castile (b. 1333) ^[8]
• November 15 – Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1346)
• December 16 – John Fitzalan, Marshal of England (drowned)
• date unknown– Aqsara'i, Persian physician

References

1. Elorza, Juan C.; Vaquero, Lourdes; Castillo, Belén; Negro, Marta (1990). Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Bienestar Social (ed.). El Panteón Real de las Huelgas de Burgos. Los enterramientos de los reyes de León y de Castilla [The Royal Pantheon of the Huelgas de Burgos. The graves of the monarchs of León and Castile] (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Editorial Evergráficas S.A. ISBN   84-241-9999-5.
2. "The History of New College". New College. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
3. PLP, 21438. Παλαιολόγος, Ἀνδρόνικος IV. [Κομνηνός].
4. "Austria | Facts, People, and Points of Interest - Early Middle Ages". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. ISBN   0-7126-5616-2.
6. "Schools". Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
7. Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1978). "Khwarazm". The Encyclopedia of Islam. Vol. IV. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
8. "Henry II | king of Castile". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 18, 2019.