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1400 - Richard II of England dies by means unknown in Pontefract Castle. It is likely that King Henry IV ordered the death of Richard by starvation to prevent further uprisings

1399 - The Teutonic Hochmeister Konrad von Juningen (1394-1407) encouraged the Grand Duke Vitautas to wage war against the Golden Horde to the East. He assembled a great army of Lithuanian and Ruthenian Boyars along with exiled Tartar Khan (Lord), Toktamish and 500 Teutonic Knights. Edegey Khan (Lord) slaughtered 2/3 of Vitautas army pursuing him mercilessly over the steppes.

1398 - The Teutonic Knights recommence their raids of Lithuania.

1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury starts.

1396 - Temporary peace is declared between England and France with the marriage of Richard II of England and Isabella of Valois, the daughter of Charles VI of France.

1395 - the station known as Big L International!

1394 - The IEEE 1394 interface is a serial bus interface standard for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer, frequently used by personal computers, as well as in digital audio, digital video, automotive, and aeronautics applications. The interface is also known by the brand names of FireWire (Apple), i.LINK (Sony), and Lynx (Texas Instruments).

1393 - The number of miles in Nawlage's song "1,393 miles away," which I never heard of until I looked up something for this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIgGtlqDDwk&noredirect=1

1392 - Willem Cuser, earl Albrecht of Beierens, is murdered

1391 - Gedun Drub, the First Dalai Lama, was born in Gyurmey Rupa, in central Tibet.

1390 - Gene ID 1390 apparently helps during sperm production. That's as far as I read before my brain exploded.

Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/1390

1389. Queen Margaret of Norway and Denmark defeats Albert of Sweden in battle and becomes ruler of all three kingdoms.

1388. The United Parcel Service's store #1388 is located in Syracuse, NY.

1387:HK - the ID for Renhe Commercial Holdings Co Ltd

1386. Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi is (probably) born. He is better known as Donatello, one of the early artists of the Renaissance (not the Ninja Turtle).

1385 - Battle of Aljubarrota. Crown of Castile (allies Aragon, France and Italy) vs. Portugal (allied with the British). The Portuguese enjoyed a decisive victory and thwarted Castilian designs for the throne.

Portugal still exists as an independent state, while Castile would enter into a union with Aragon and be formally abolished in the 18th Century.

1384 - Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, though she is a woman. "King" was chosen to reflect that she was an independent sovereign and not just a royal consort; it had nothing to do with her sex, you sillies!

She also happens to be a Saint.

1383 - The Löwenbräu Brewery is founded in Munich.

1382 - Article of French civil law which requires a man to repair any damage he causes another.

1381 - Sonam Drakpa deposes Drakpa Changchub as ruler of Tibet.

1380 - The last islands of Polynesia are discovered and inhabited.

1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.

1378 - a number divisible by 13 and 106.

1377 - Pope Gregory XI returns the Papacy to Rome from Avignon.

1376 - the reference number on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list of Historic Bridgetown in Barbados