1394

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Centuries:	13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Decades:	1360s  1370s  1380s  - 1390s -  1400s  1410s  1420s
Years:	1391 1392 1393 - 1394 - 1395 1396 1397

1394 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

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Year 1394 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1394

• September 17 - King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from France.
• September 28 - Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Pope Clement VII.
• Battle of Karanovasa - Wallachia (now southern Romania) resists an invasion by the Ottomans and their Serb and Bulgarian vassals.

• The Ottomans begin an eight-year siege of Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire.
  • The Anadoluhisarı fortress is built by the Ottomans to defend themselves during the siege.
• Ashikaga Yoshimitsu retires as shogun of Japan and is succeeded by his son, Ashikaga Yoshimochi.
• The capital city of the Joseon Dynasty in present-day Korea is moved from Gaegyeong (now Gaeseong) to Hanseong (now Seoul).
  • Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Jongmyo royal ancestral shrine are built in Hanseong (now Seoul).
• After the death of Sultan Mahmud II, civil war breaks out in the Delhi Sultanate, splitting the state between east and west.
• Battle of Ros-mic-Triuin: The Kingdom of Leinster, led by King Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, defeats an invading army from England, led by King Richard II of England and Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March.
• Ştefan I succeeds Roman I as Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova and eastern Romania).
• Abu Zayyan II succeeds his brother, Abul Hadjdjadj I, as ruler of the Abdalwadid dynasty in present-day eastern Algeria.
• Yûsuf I succeeds Abd ar-Rahmân II as ruler of the Ziyanid Dynasty in present-day western Algeria.
• The Ottomans conquer Thessaly (now eastern Greece).
• Abd al-Aziz II succeeds Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II as ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in present-day Tunisia.
• Richard II of England grants Geoffrey Chaucer 20 pounds a year for life for his services as a diplomat and Clerk of The King's Works.
• The Allgäuer Brauhaus brewery is founded in present-day Germany.
• The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China orders the Ministry of Public Works to issue a public notice that every 100 households in the lijia system are to set aside 2 mu (1,390 m²) of land for planting mulberry and jujube trees.

1394 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1394 MCCCXCIV
Ab urbe condita	2147
Armenian calendar	843 ԹՎ ՊԽԳ
Bahá'í calendar	-450 – -449
Berber calendar	2344
Buddhist calendar	1938
Burmese calendar	756
Chinese calendar	4030/4090-11-29 (癸酉年十一月廿九日) — to — 4031/4091-12-9 (甲戌年十二月初九日)
Coptic calendar	1110 – 1111
Ethiopian calendar	1386 – 1387
Hebrew calendar	5154 – 5155
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1449 – 1450
- Shaka Samvat	1316 – 1317
- Kali Yuga	4495 – 4496
Holocene calendar	11394
Iranian calendar	772 – 773
Islamic calendar	796 – 797
Japanese calendar	(年) — changed to — Ōei 1 (応永元年)
Korean calendar	3727
Thai solar calendar	1937
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[edit] Births

• March 4 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (d. 1460)
• July 12 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)
• November 24 - Charles, duc d'Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
• December 10 - King James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
• Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (d. 1449)
• Cymburgis of Masovia, Duchess of Austria
• Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (d. 1481)
• Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (d. 1415)

[edit] Deaths

• June 4 - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England
• June 7 - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (plague) (b. 1366)
• July 24 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, Scottish prince (b. 1343)
• August 27 - Former Emperor Chokei of Japan (b. 1343)
• September 16 - Avignon Pope Clement VII (b. 1342)
• John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (b. 1365)
• John Devereux 2nd Baron Devereux
• Louis of Enghien, Count of Conversano and Brienne
• John Hawkwood, English mercenary (b. 1320)
• Constance of Castile, claimant to the throne of Castile
• Fazlallah Astarabadi, founder of the mystical Hurufism sect (executed)
• Sultan Mahmud II of Delhi
• Former King Gongyang of Goryeo (b. 1345)