1390s

1390s

Events and trends

1392

*Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a "coup d'état," overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon.
*End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan.

1394

*Expulsion of Jews from France.

1395

*End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family.

1397

* Richard Whittington aka Dick Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London.
* John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset.

1398

* Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed.
* Construction of the Stecknitz Canal as one of the oldest artificial waterways of the world.
* Timur arrived on the bank of the Indus River, and proceeded to sack Delhi.

1399

* Henry IV becomes King of England.

Births

1390

* Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologus

1391

* King Duarte of Portugal (d. 1438)
* Gedun Drub, the first Dalai Lama

1393

* John Capgrave, Augustinian theologian

1394

* Prince Henry the Navigator, explorer (d. 1460).
* Ulugh Beg, Timurid astronomer.

1396

* Alfonso V of Aragon

1397

* King Sejong the Great of Joseon, the humane scientist ruler of Korea
* August 10 - Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Deaths

1393

* Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders

1394

* Emperor Chokei of Japan
* Anne of Bohemia

1397

* Thomas of Woodstock (son of King Edward III of England)

1398

* Emperor Sukō, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders.
* Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty.


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