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| Years: 1377 1378 1379 - 1380 - 1381 1382 1383 | |
| Decades: 1350s 1360s 1370s - 1380s - 1390s 1400s 1410s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
Events
- September 8 - Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitrii Ivanovich defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols (the Golden Horde), stopping their advance at Kulikovo.
- September 16 - Charles V of France dies and is succeeded by his son Charles VI.
- Haakon VI of Norway dies and is succeeded by his son Olaf III of Denmark as Olaf IV of Norway.
- Iceland, as a part of Norway passes under the Danish crown.
Births
- February 11 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)
- Thomas à Kempis, German monk and writer (d. 1471)
Deaths
- April 29 - Saint Catherine of Siena (b. 1347)
- July 26 - Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders (b. 1322)
- September 16 - King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
- Dafydd ap Gwilym, Welsh poet
- Haakon VI of Norway.
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