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Sweden's Albrecht of Mecklenburg invades parts of Denmark's Skane province as he did in 1367 but fails to conquer the region (see 1381).
Enrique II Trastámara of Castile and Léon dies at Burgos May 29 at age 46 after a 10-year reign in which he has made vast land grants to noblemen and concessions to cities in return for support against claims by the daughters of the late Pedro the Cruel. Enrique's 21-year-old son inherits the crown and will reign until 1390 as Juan I in the face of claims by John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster and son-in-law of Pedro the Cruel, who has the backing of Portugal's Fernãndo I (see 1386).
The Byzantine emperor John V Palaeologus escapes from prison with help from Venetian and Turkish supporters, who restore him to his throne on condition that he recognize his son, who has reigned since 1377 as Andronicus IV Palaeologus, as his rightful heir and swear allegiance as a vassal to the Ottoman sultan.
The "antipope" Clement VII enters Avignon June 20 to begin the "Babylonian Captivity" that will continue until 1417 (see 1378). He and Urban VI each appoints his own college of cardinals, collects tithes and revenues, and excommunicates partisans of the other.
England's Winchester College is founded by William of Wykeham, whose school will become a model for the nation's great public schools (see Eton, 1440; Shrewsbury, 1552).
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