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Hungary's Charles III (Károly Durrazzói) is assassinated at Buda February 17 at age 40 by order of Elizabeth, widow of the late Louis I. He has been king of Naples since 1381, and his death after less than a year as king of Hungary leaves Naples as well as Hungary without a monarch.
The Treaty of Windsor signed May 9 allies England and Portugal by joining Portugal's João I in marriage with Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster. Much detested in England, the duke leaves for Spain to pursue his claim to the throne of Castile and Léon based upon his marriage in 1371 to Constance of Castile (see 1379), and although his expedition will end in failure he will succeed in having his daughter Catherine married to the child who will become Enrique III of Castile and Léon 4 years hence.
The Battle of Sempach 10 miles northwest of Lucerne July 9 gives the Swiss a victory over an Austrian army, whose commander, Leopold III, dies fighting at age 34 as the cantons struggle to gain independence from Vienna. The 4,000-man Austrian army includes a high proportion of cavalry and several guns. The Swiss have only 1,600 pikemen and halberdiers under the command of cantonal leaders from Lucerne, Uri, Underwalden, and Schwytz, but the Austrians turn tail after 1,800 of them have been killed (Swiss casualties total 200 killed), and the triumph establishes the Swiss as a military force to be reckoned with (see Näfels, 1388).
Jagiello, grand duke of Lithuania, is baptized at Kraków February 15, marries the 12-year-old Jadwiga (Hedwig) February 18, and is crowned king of Poland at Kraków (see 1384). He will be titular head of Poland until 1434 as Wladyslaw II Jagiello, but it is Jadwiga who will control the country until her death in 1399.
Tamerlane sacks the Georgian capital Tiflis and battles with the great khan Toqtamish of the Golden Horde, giving his Muscovite hostage Basil (Vasily) Dmitriyevich an opportunity to escape from the Tatar court and return to Moscow (see 1383; Kars, 1387).
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In the year 1386
Communication
Heidelberg University is founded, the oldest continuously existing university in Germany. See also 1253 Communication; 1409 Communication.
ConstructionConstruction of the cathedral in Milan begins. Its design with four towers at the corners of the central tower is intended to represent Christ surrounded by the four evangelists. After a few years of construction, however, it becomes apparent that there are structural flaws and French and German advisers are called in. They recommend more geometry and less "art." See also 1263 Construction; 1387 Transportation.
ToolsThe earliest built mechanical clock that survives today is a device in Salisbury Cathedral in England built at this time. The clock does not tell time with hands, but sounds the hour and indicates astronomical events. See also 1280 Tools; 1406 Tools.
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This article is about the year 1386.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1350s 1360s 1370s – 1380s – 1390s 1400s 1410s |
| Years: | 1383 1384 1385 – 1386 – 1387 1388 1389 |
| 1386 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1386 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1386 MCCCLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2139 |
| Armenian calendar | 835 ԹՎ ՊԼԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6136 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -458–-457 |
| Bengali calendar | 793 |
| Berber calendar | 2336 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Ric. 2 – 10 Ric. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1930 |
| Burmese calendar | 748 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6894–6895 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年十二月初一日 (4022/4082-12-1) — to —
丙寅年十二月初十日(4023/4083-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 1102–1103 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1378–1379 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5146–5147 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1442–1443 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1308–1309 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4487–4488 |
| Holocene calendar | 11386 |
| Iranian calendar | 764–765 |
| Islamic calendar | 787–788 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3719 |
| Minguo calendar | 526 before ROC 民前526年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1929 |
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Year 1386 (MCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- February 24 – Elizabeta Kotromanic, the mother of the overthrown Queen Mary of Hungary and Croatia, arranges the assassination of Charles of Durazzo, the ruler of Hungary, Naples, Achaea and Croatia, with the result that:
- Mary is reinstated as Queen of Hungary and Croatia.
- Charles' son, Ladislaus, becomes King of Naples.
- A period of interregnum begins in Achaea, lasting until 1396. The rule of Achaea is sought by numerous pretenders, none of whom can be considered to have reigned.
- May 9 – King John I of Portugal and King Richard II of England ratify the Treaty of Windsor.
- May 20 – The city of Piteşti, now in Romania, is first mentioned.
- July 9 – Battle of Sempach: The Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule.
- September 23 – Dan I of Wallachia (now southern Romania) is killed in battle against the Bulgarians and is succeeded by Mircea the Old.
- October 18 – Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, the oldest university in Germany, is founded.
Date unknown
- The mother and sister of Queen Jadwiga of Poland are kidnapped by Jadwiga's brother-in-law.
- Abu al-Abbas is reinstated as ruler of the Marinid dynasty in present day Morocco.
- John of Gaunt leaves England to make good his claim to the throne of Castile by right of his second marriage to Constanza of Castile in 1371.
- The Timurid Empire raids Georgia and takes King Bagrat V prisoner. Bagrat is subsequently freed by an army led by his son, George.
- Hundred Years War – Battle of Margate: The English defeat an invading French and Castilian naval force.
- The Venetians take control of the island of Corfu.
- Construction begins on the Brancacci Chapel in Florence.
- Rozhdestvensky monastery is built in Muscovy.
Births
- March 12 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (d. 1428)
- June 24 – Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
- September 16 – Henry V of England, King of England (d. 1422)
- date unknown – Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (d. 1444)
- probable – Donatello, Italian sculptor (d. 1466)
Deaths
- July 9 – Duke Leopold III of Austria (in battle) (b. 1351)
- August 20 – Bo Jonsson (Grip), royal marshal of Sweden
- December 31 – Johanna of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1362)
- date unknown
- Al-Wathiq II, caliph of Cairo
- James Audley, one of the original Knights of the Garter
- Takatsukasa Fuyumichi, Japanese nobleman (b. 1330)
- probable – William Langland, English poet (b. 1332)
In fiction
- Daniel Fortesque is accidentally resurrected by his enemy Zarok setting the events of the game MediEvil in action.
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