Explore 84 historical events from 1380–1389.
Richard II, also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent. The Black Pri…
Richard II of England meets leaders of the Peasants' Revolt at Mile End
John Ball was an English priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Although he is often associated with John Wycliffe and the Lollard movement, Ball was ac…
John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of King Richard II of…
Wat Tyler was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. He led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to oppose the collection of a poll tax and to demand economic and…
Wat Tyler, English rebel leader (born 1341)
John Ball was an English priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Although he is often associated with John Wycliffe and the Lollard movement, Ball was ac…
John Ball, English Lollard priest
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Uprising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including t…
During the Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels stormed the Tower of London, killing Simon Sudbury, Lord Chancellor, and
The Battle of Kulikovo was fought between the forces of Mamai, a powerful Mongol military commander of the Golden Horde, and Russian forces led by Grand Prince Dmitry of Moscow. Th…
Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
Bernardino of Siena, OFM, was an Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in the Republic of Siena. He was a systematizer of scholastic economics.
Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (died 1444)
Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa, known as Catherine of Siena, was an Italian mystic, pious laywoman, and diplomat who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter…
Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (born 1347)
Saint Philotheos was a Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint.
Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr
Bertrand du Guesclin, nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander on the French side during the Hun…
Bertrand du Guesclin, French nobleman and knight (born 1320)
Emperor Kōmyō was the second of the Emperors of Northern Court, although he was the first to be supported by the Ashikaga Bakufu. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanne…
Kōmyō, emperor of Japan (born 1322)
Charles V, called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380. His reign marked an early high point for France during the Hundred Years' War as his armies recovered…
Charles V of France (born 1338)