- 1385
Year 1385 was a
common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events
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August 14 -Battle of Aljubarrota : John of Aviz defeatsJohn I of Castile in the decisive battle of the1383-1385 Crisis . John of Aviz is crowned KingJohn I of Portugal , ending Queen Beatrice's rule, andPortugal 's independence from Castile is secured.
*August 14 - TheUnion of Krewo establishes the Jagiellonian dynasty inPoland andLithuania through the proposed marriage of QueenJadwiga of Poland and Grand Duke Jagiello of Lithuania, and sees the acceptance of Roman Catholicism by the Lithuanian elite.
*18 September -Battle of Savra : Serbian forces underBalša II and Ivaniš Mrnjavčević are defeated by Ottoman commander Hayreddin Pasha nearBerat .
*October 15 - The Battle of Valverde is fought between the armies ofPortugal and Castile.
* The marriage ofCharles VI of France andIsabella of Bavaria-Straubing is celebrated with France's first court ball.
* A group of Hungarian nobels helpCharles III of Naples to overthrow Queen Mary as ruler ofHungary andCroatia .
*Scotland resists a small invasion force fromEngland .
*Tokhtamysh of theGolden Horde conquers parts the Jalayirid Empire in westernPersia , causing a rift between himself andTimur of the Timurid Empire, who had also wanted to conquer Persia.
*Olav IV of Norway is elected as King ofSweden , in opposition to the unpopular King Albert.
*Construction of:
**Castello Estense inFerrara (present-dayItaly )
**Bodiam Castle (East Sussex ,England )Births
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June 23 -Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (d.1459 )
*"date unknown"
**Jan van Eyck , Flemish painter (approximate date; d.1441 )
**John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (d.1421 )
**John I of Alençon (d.1415 )
**Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Somerset (d.1429 )Deaths
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June 28 -Andronikos IV Palaiologos , co-ruler of the Byzantine Empire
*August 7 -Joan of Kent , Dowager Princess of Wales, widow ofEdward, the Black Prince (b.1328 )
*September 18 -Balša II , ruler of Zeta
*October 15 -Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow
*December 19 -Bernabò Visconti , Lord ofMilan (b.1319 )
*"date unknown" -Xu Da , Chinese military leader (b.1332 )
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