1385
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| Years: 1382 1383 1384 - 1385 - 1386 1387 1388 |
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| Decades: 1350s 1360s 1370s - 1380s - 1390s 1400s 1410s |
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| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
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| 1385 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1385 MCCCLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2138 |
| Armenian calendar | 834 ԹՎ ՊԼԴ |
| Chinese calendar | 4021/4081-11-20 (甲子年十一月二十日) — to —
4022/4082-11-29(乙丑年十一月廿九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1377 – 1378 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5145 – 5146 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1440 – 1441 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1307 – 1308 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4486 – 4487 |
| Iranian calendar | 763 – 764 |
| Islamic calendar | 787 – 788 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2045 (皇紀2045年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11385 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1928 |
[edit] Events
- August 14 - Battle of Aljubarrota - John of Aviz defeats John I of Castile in the decisive battle of the 1383-1385 Crisis. John of Aviz is crowned King John I of Portugal and Portugal's independence from Castile is secured.
- August 14 - The Union of Krewo establishes the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland and Lithuania through the marriage of Queen Jadwiga of Poland and Grand Duke Jagiello of Lithuania and saw the acceptance of Roman Catholicism by the Lithuanian elite.
- The marriage of Charles VI of France and Isabella of Bavaria-Straubing is celebrated with France's first court ball.
- With help from the Ottoman Empire, the Albanians expel their conquerers from Zeta (now Montenegro). Balša II of Zeta is killed in the battle and is succeeded by his cousin, Đurađ II. Albania is then conquered by the Ottomans and the Albanians begin an eighty year resistance to Turkish rule.
- A group of Hungarian nobels help Charles III of Naples to overthrow Queen Mary as ruler of Hungary.
- Scotland resists a small invasion force from England.
- Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde conquers parts the Jalayirid Empire in western Persia, causing a rift between himself and Timur of the Timurid Empire, who had also wanted to conquer Persia.
[edit] Births
- Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian, (died 1464)
- John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (died 1421)
- Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter (approximate date; died 1441)
- Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (died 1429)
[edit] Deaths
- Andronikos IV Palaiologos, co-ruler of the Byzantine Empire
- Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (born 1328)
