1386
Year 1386 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- February 24 - Elizabeth of Bosnia, the mother of the overthrown Queen Mary of Hungary and Croatia in [the union with Hungary|Croatia], arranges the assassination of Charles III of Naples, the ruler of Hungary, Naples, Achaea and Croatia, with the result that:
- * Mary is reinstated as Queen of Hungary and Croatia.
- * Charles' son, Ladislaus, becomes King of Naples.
- * A period of interregnum begins in Achaea, lasting until 1396. The rule of Achaea is sought by numerous pretenders, none of whom can be considered to have reigned.
- March 4 - Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila is crowned Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland, beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty.
- May 9 - King John I of Portugal and King Richard II of England ratify the Treaty of Windsor.
- May 20 - Earliest recorded mention of the city of Pitești, in modern-day Romania.
- July 9 - Battle of Sempach: The Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule.
- July - John of Gaunt leaves England to make good his claim to the throne of Castile by right of his second marriage to Constanza of Castile in 1371.
- September 23 - Dan I of Wallachia is killed in battle against the Bulgarians and is succeeded by Mircea the Elder, one of the greatest rulers of Wallachia.
- October 18 - Heidelberg University, the oldest in Germany, is founded at the behest of Rupert I, Elector Palatine, by charter of Pope Urban VI.
- November 21 - Timur's invasions of Georgia: Timurid dynasty Turco-Mongol leader Timur captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V prisoner.
Date unknown
- The mother and sister of Queen Jadwiga of Poland are kidnapped by rebels in Hungary-Croatia.
- Abu al-Abbas is reinstated as ruler of the Marinid dynasty in modern-day Morocco.
- The Republic of Venice takes control of the island of Corfu.
- Construction begins on the Brancacci Chapel in Florence.
- Rozhdestvensky monastery is built in Muscovy.
Births
- March 12 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun
- June 24 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint
- September 16 - King Henry V of England date unknown - Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary probable - Donatello, Italian sculptor
Deaths
- July 9 - Leopold III, Duke of Austria
- August 20 - Bo Jonsson (Grip), royal marshal of Sweden
- September 23 - Dan I of Wallachia
- December 31 - Johanna of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia date unknown
- * Al-Wathiq II, caliph of Cairo
- * Takatsukasa Fuyumichi, Japanese nobleman probable - William Langland, English poet