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England's Richard II begins his personal rule at age 22 by dismissing supporters of the duke of Gloucester from office and concluding a truce with France's Charles VI.
Margrethe of Denmark has her 7-year-old grandnephew Erik of Pomerania proclaimed her successor; he will reign until 1439 as Erik of Norway. She receives an offer of the Swedish throne from disaffected Swedish magnates, her forces defeat the Swedish king Albrecht of Mecklenburg at Falkoping, and they take Albrecht prisoner (see 1395).
Austria's duke Albrecht III ratifies a 7-year truce with the Helvetic Confederation in April, allowing the Swiss to maintain their alliances and keep their conquests intact (see 1388).
The prince of Muscovy and grand prince of Vladimir Dmitri Donskoi dies at his native Moscow May 19 at age 38, having received a patent from the Tatar khan Toqtamish through the help of his son Basil (Vasily), now 18, who succeeds Dmitri as grand prince and Muscovy and Vladimir and will reign until 1425 as Basil I, expanding Muscovite control over the central Volga region (see 1390).
The Battle of Kosovo June 15 ends the Serbian empire (see 1346); a coalition of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians, and Walachians under the command of the Serbian prince Lazar fails to stop the Ottoman sultan Murad I, but Serbian nationalists will insist that the Serbs have been betrayed. The defeat will rankle for more than 6 centuries, and Kosovo will become sacred to Serbs and Serbian politicians (see 1690). Murad dies at Kosovo September 16, assassinated by the Serbian nobleman Kobilac Milosh who has entered the sultan's tent posing as a deserter. Killed with a poisoned dagger at age 69, Murad is succeeded by his eldest son, 50, who will reign until 1402 as Bayazid I (the Thunderbolt). He has the Serbian prince Lazar captured and put to death, and although Lazar is succeeded by his son Stefan Lazarevich, the titular king of Serbia remains Marko Kraljevic, now 54, but the Serbs become Ottoman vassals (see 1395).
The Majapahit emperor Hayam Wuruk dies after a reign that has seen a rise of Islamic power in Java and Bali (see 1364). The empire will disappear by late in the next century or early in the following one as Islamic rule supplants it.
Pope Urban VI dies at Rome October 15 at age at age 71 after a reign of 11 years in which his harsh and ill-tempered efforts to reform the Church have antagonized the cardinals and led to a schism that will continue until 1417. Possibly the victim of poisoning, he is succeeded by Pietro Tomacelli, 34, who will reign until his death in 1404 as Boniface IX in opposition to the antipope Clement VII at Avignon.
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