1383
Year 1383 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- May 17 - King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal.
- July 7 - James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea, and last titular Latin Emperor, dies childless. As a result:
- * Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea.
- * Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, the widower of Joanna I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto.
- * Louis I, Duke of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire, but never uses the title of Emperor.
- October 22 - King Fernando I of Portugal dies, and is succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice of Portugal. A period of civil war and anarchy, known as the 1383–85 Crisis, begins in Portugal, due to Beatrice being married to King John I of Castile and Leon.
Date unknown
- The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
- Dan I succeeds his father Radu as Prince of Wallachia. He is the ancestor of the House of Dăneşti.
- Rao Chanda succeeds Rao Biram Dev as Rathore ruler of Marwar.
- Löwenbräu beer is first brewed.
- Completion of the original inner courtyard of Farleigh Hungerford Castle in Somersetshire, England.
- The Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Temple is built in modern-day Thailand, by King Kuena of Lanna.
- Construction of the Bastille fortress is completed in Paris, France.