What Happened in 1380

Major Events

  • Jul 19 Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais
  • Sep 8 Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri defeats the Mongols beginning the decline of the Tatars
  • Nov 14 King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12

Born in 1380

  • Feb 11 Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist who rediscovered lost classical texts, born in Terranuova, Republic of Florence (d. 1459)
  • Mar 18 Lidwina, Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride) and saint, born in Schiedam, Netherlands (d. 1433)
  • Sep 8 Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest and Franciscan missionary, born in Massa Marittima, Italy (d. 1444)

Who Died in 1380

  • Apr 29 Catherine of Siena, Italian Dominican saint and Doctor of the Church (The Dialogue of Divine Providence), dies at 33
  • Jul 13 Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
  • Jul 26 Emperor Kōmyō of Japan, 2nd Northern Emperor (1336-48), dies at 58
  • Sep 16 Charles V, the Wise, King of France during Hundred Years' (1364-80), dies at 42
  • Dec 24 John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies