January–December •
March 14 –
Chioggia concludes an alliance with
Zadar and
Trogir against
Venice, which becomes changed in 1412 in
Šibenik. •
June 12 –
Peasants' Revolt: In
England, rebels from
Kent and
Essex, led by
Wat Tyler and
Jack Straw, meet at
Blackheath. There the rebels are encouraged by a sermon, by renegade priest
John Ball. •
June 14 –
Peasants' Revolt: Rebels destroy
John of Gaunt's
Savoy Palace in London and storm the
Tower of London, beheading
Simon Sudbury, who is both
Archbishop of Canterbury and
Lord Chancellor, and also
Robert Hales,
Lord High Treasurer. King
Richard II of England (age 14) meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of
serfdom. •
June 15 –
Peasants' Revolt: During further negotiations,
Wat Tyler is murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army. The rebel leaders are eventually captured and executed and
Richard II revokes his concessions. The revolt is discussed in
John Gower's
Vox Clamantis and ''
Froissart's Chronicles''. •
August –
Kęstutis overthrows his nephew,
Jogaila, as
Grand Duke of Lithuania. Jogaila is allowed to remain as governor of eastern
Lithuania. This marks the beginning of the
Lithuanian Civil War (1381–84).
Date not known • Due to
Joanna I of Naples' support for
Antipope Clement VII,
Pope Urban VI bestows
Naples upon
Charles of Durazzo. With the help of the
Hungarians, Charles advances on Naples and captures Joanna.
James of Baux, the ruler of
Taranto and the
Latin Empire, claims the
Principality of Achaea after Joanna's imprisonment. • After a naval battle,
Venice wins the three-year
War of Chioggia against
Genoa. The Genoans are permanently weakened by the conflict. • Hajji I succeeds Alah-ad-Din Ali as
Mamluk Sultan of
Egypt. The Egyptian government continues to be controlled by rebel leader
Barquq. •
Timur conquers east
Persia, ending the rule of the
Sarbadar dynasty. • Sonam Drakpa deposes Drakpa Changchub as ruler of
Tibet. • The
Ming dynasty of China annexes the areas of the old
Kingdom of Dali, in modern-day
Yunnan and
Guizhou provinces, inhabited by the
Miao and
Yao peoples. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese (including military colonists) will migrate there from the rest of China. • In
Ming dynasty China, the
lijia census registration system begun in
1371 is now universally imposed, during the reign of the
Hongwu Emperor. The census counts 59,873,305 people living in China in this year. This depicts a drastic drop in population since the
Song dynasty, which counted 100 million people at its height in the early 12th century. A modern historian states that the Ming census is inaccurate, as China at around this time has at least 65,000,000 inhabitants, if not 75,000,000. == Births ==