1391
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Gregorian calendar | 1391 MCCCXCI |
Ab urbe condita | 2144 |
Armenian calendar | 840 ԹՎ ՊԽ |
Assyrian calendar | 6141 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1312–1313 |
Bengali calendar | 798 |
Berber calendar | 2341 |
English Regnal year | 14 Ric. 2 – 15 Ric. 2 |
Buddhist calendar | 1935 |
Burmese calendar | 753 |
Byzantine calendar | 6899–6900 |
Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 4087 or 4027 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4088 or 4028 |
Coptic calendar | 1107–1108 |
Discordian calendar | 2557 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1383–1384 |
Hebrew calendar | 5151–5152 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1447–1448 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1312–1313 |
- Kali Yuga | 4491–4492 |
Holocene calendar | 11391 |
Igbo calendar | 391–392 |
Iranian calendar | 769–770 |
Islamic calendar | 793–794 |
Japanese calendar | Meitoku 2 (明徳2年) |
Javanese calendar | 1304–1305 |
Julian calendar | 1391 MCCCXCI |
Korean calendar | 3724 |
Minguo calendar | 521 before ROC 民前521年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −77 |
Thai solar calendar | 1933–1934 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1517 or 1136 or 364 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1518 or 1137 or 365 |
Year 1391 (MCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[]
January–December[]
- June 6 – Massacre of 1391: Anti-Jewish pogroms erupt in Seville, Spain. Many thousands of Jews are massacred, and the violence spreads throughout Spain and Portugal, specially to Toledo, Barcelona and Mallorca. This event marks a turning-point in the history of the Spanish Jews, with most of the survivors leaving the Iberian Peninsula or being forced to convert.
- July 18 – Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River – Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde, in present day southeast Russia.
Date unknown[]
- Manuel II Palaiologos becomes Byzantine emperor after his father, John V Palaiologos, dies of a nervous breakdown, due to his continued humiliation by the Ottoman Empire.
- Yusuf II succeeds Muhammed V, as Nasrid Sultan of Granada (now southern Spain).
- Stephen Dabiša succeeds Stephen Tvrtko I, as King of Bosnia.
- Shah Mansur becomes leader of the Timurid-occupied Muzaffarid Empire, in central Persia.
- A group of Muzaffarids under Zafar Khan Muzaffar establish a new Sultanate at Gujarat, in western India.
- Vytautas the Great, claimant to the throne of Lithuania, forms an alliance with Muscovy.
- Roman I succeeds Petru, as Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova and north-eastern Romania).
- Konrad von Wallenrode succeeds Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein, as Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
- Bridget of Sweden is canonized by Pope Boniface IX.
- Ushkuinik pirates from Novgorod sack the Muscovy towns of Zhukotin and Kazan.
- The Chinese invent toilet paper for use by their emperors.
- Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, takes control of the Shetland Islands and the Faroe Islands.
- The University of Ferrara is founded on the Italian Peninsula.
- The Ming government orders 50 million trees planted in the Nanjing area.
Births[]
- October 31 – Edward, King of Portugal (d. 1438)
- November 6 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
- Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama (d. 1474)
- Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany (d. 1433)
- Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (d. 1415)
Deaths[]
- January 16 – Emir Muhammed V of Granada (b. 1338)
- February 16 – John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1332)
- March 10 – King Tvrtko I of Bosnia (b. 1338)
- November 1 – Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (b. 1360)
- Gaston III, Count of Foix, co-prince of Andorra
- date unknown
- Petru, Prince of Moldavia
- Margaret, Countess of Mar (approximate date)
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