1380
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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1350s 1360s 1370s - 1380s - 1390s 1400s 1410s |
| Years: | 1377 1378 1379 - 1380 - 1381 1382 1383 |
| 1380 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1380 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- September 8 - Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow resist a large invasion by the Blue Horde, Lithuania and Ryazan, stopping their advance at Kulikovo.
- September 16 - Charles V of France dies and is succeeded by his twelve year old son, Charles VI.
- Khan Tokhtamysh of the White Horde dethrones Khan Mamai of the Blue Horde. The two hordes unite to form the Golden Horde.
- Haakon VI of Norway dies and is succeeded by his son Olaf II of Denmark as Olaf IV of Norway.
- Iceland and the Faroe Islands, as a parts of Norway, pass under the Danish crown.
- John Wycliffe and Nicholas of Hereford complete the first English translation of the Bible.
- The Hongwu Emperor purges the chancellor of China, Hu Weiyong, and abolishes that office as he imposes direct imperial rule over the six ministries of central government for the Ming Empire.
| Gregorian calendar | 1380 MCCCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2133 |
| Armenian calendar | 829 ԹՎ ՊԻԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -464 – -463 |
| Berber calendar | 2330 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1924 |
| Burmese calendar | 742 |
| Chinese calendar | 4016/4076-11-23 (己未年十一月廿三日) — to —
4017/4077-12-5(庚申年十二月初五日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1096 – 1097 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1372 – 1373 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5140 – 5141 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1435 – 1436 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1302 – 1303 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4481 – 4482 |
| Holocene calendar | 11380 |
| Iranian calendar | 758 – 759 |
| Islamic calendar | 781 – 782 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3713 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1923 |
[edit] Births
- February 11 - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)
- September 8 - Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)
- Jan Zelivsky - Hussite priest (d. 1422)
- Johannes Abezier, bishop (d. 1424)
- Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1429)
- Thomas à Kempis, German monk and writer (d. 1471)
- John de Sutton V, English nobleman (d. 1406)
[edit] Deaths
- April 29 - Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347)
- July 13 - Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France (b. c. 1320)
- July 26 - Komyo, former Emperor of Japan (b. 1322)
- September 16 - King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
- Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1340)
- Nissim of Gerona, rabbi (b. 1320)
