1383

1383 (MCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1383rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 383rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 14th century, and the 4th year of the 1380s decade. As of the start of 1383, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• January 22 – Marriage of King Richard II of England and Anne of Bohemia.
• May 17 – King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal
• July 7 – Death of the childless James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea and titular Latin Emperor.
  • Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (now southern Greece).
  • Otto, the widower of Joan I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (now eastern Italy).
  • Duke Louis I of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire (now western Turkey) but never uses the title of Emperor.
• October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice of Portugal. A period of civil war and anarchy, known as the 1383-1385 Crisis, begins in Portugal due to Beatrice being married to the King John I of Castile and Leon.
• The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
• Rao Chanda succeeds Rao Biram Dev as Rathore ruler of Marwar (now in western India).
• Löwenbräu beer is first brewed.
• Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep temple is built in present-day Thailand by King Kuena of Lanna.
• Construction of the Bastille is completed in Paris.

Births

• Amadeus VIII of Savoy (died 1451)
• Yolande of Aragon, regent of Anjou (died 1443)
• Pope Eugene IV (died 1447)
• Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (died 1438)

Deaths

• March 1 – Amadeus VI of Savoy (born 1334)
• June 5 – Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
• June 8 – Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (born 1338)
• June 15 – John VI Cantacuzenus, former Byzantine Emperor
• October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal (born 1345)