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Amadeus VI, conte di Savoy, dies of plague at Castropignano March 1 at age 48 after a 40-year reign in which he has extended Savoy's power and territories.
Sardinian troops commanded by Eleonora of Arborea, 33, repel an invasion force from Aragon. She becomes regent of Arborea for her infant son, Frederick (see 1395).
Portugal's Fernãndo I dies without male issue October 22 at age 38 after having antagonized Juan of Castile by canceling the betrothal of his only legitimate daughter Beatriz to Juan, who lays claim to the Portuguese throne. Fernãndo's widow, Leonora, reigns as regent for Beatriz, who has married Juan April 30 (see 1384).
The Tatar leader Tamerlane captures Herat as he begins the conquest of Persia. He has used bribery to bring his army through the Khyber Pass, and his Turkic-Mongol hordes will soon overrun Khorasan, Jurjan, Mazandaran, Sijistan, Afghanistan, Fars, Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan (see 1369; Toqtamish, 1385).
The grand prince of Muscovy Dmitri II Donskoi sends his 12-year-old son Basil (Vasily Dmitriyevich) to the court of the Tatar khan Toqtamish in quest of a patent for his father to rule the Russian lands as grand prince of Vladimir (see 1382). The prince of Tver also seeks the patent, and although young Basil manages through his diplomatic skills to prevail he is kept as hostage at the Tatar court (see 1386).
The former Byzantine emperor John VI Cantacuzenus dies in a monastery at Mistra June 15 at age 90 (approximate), having abdicated in 1354 and written his memoirs.
The Japanese nō drama pioneered by actor-dramatist Motokiyo Zeami, 20, employs male actors who perform on a bare wooden stage and wear masks to portray women, supernatural beings, or old men. Zeami began appearing with his father, Kan-ami, at age 7 and will write some 240 nō plays before his death in 1443; some will remain in the repertoire for as long as 600 years (see 1418).
Munich's Löwenbrau brewery has its beginnings in Bavaria (see 1552).
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