1380
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1350s 1360s 1370s – 1380s – 1390s 1400s 1410s |
| Years: | 1377 1378 1379 – 1380 – 1381 1382 1383 |
| 1380 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1380 (MCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- February – Olaf II of Denmark becomes Olaf IV of Norway, with his mother Margaret as regent. Iceland and the Faroe Islands, as parts of Norway, pass under the Danish crown.
- May 31 – Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila signs the secret Treaty of Dovydiškės with the Teutonic Knights. This sparks a civil war with his uncle Kęstutis.
- June 21 – Battle of Chioggia: the Venetian fleet defeats Genoeses.
- July 27 – Henry Bolingbroke marries Mary de Bohun at Arundel Castle.
- September 8 – Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow resist a large invasion by the Blue Horde, Lithuania and Ryazan, stopping their advance at Kulikovo.
- September 16 – Charles V of France is succeeded by his twelve year old son, Charles VI.
- Sir William Walworth, a member of the Fishmongers Guild, becomes Lord Mayor of London for the second time.
| Gregorian calendar | 1380 MCCCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2133 |
| Armenian calendar | 829 ԹՎ ՊԻԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -464 – -463 |
| Bengali calendar | 787 |
| Berber calendar | 2330 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1924 |
| Burmese calendar | 742 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6888 – 6889 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年十一月廿三日 (4016/4076-11-23) — to —
庚申年十二月初五日(4017/4077-12-5) |
| Coptic calendar | 1096 – 1097 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1372 – 1373 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5140 – 5141 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1436 – 1437 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1302 – 1303 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4481 – 4482 |
| Holocene calendar | 11380 |
| Iranian calendar | 758 – 759 |
| Islamic calendar | 781 – 782 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3713 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1923 |
- Khan Tokhtamysh of the White Horde dethrones Khan Mamai of the Blue Horde. The two hordes unite to form the Golden Horde.
- Karim Al-Makhdum arrives in Jolo and builds a Mosque.
- The Hongwu Emperor purges the chancellor of China, Hu Weiyong, and abolishes that office as he imposes direct imperial rule over the six ministries of central government for the Ming Empire.
Births
- February 11 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)
- September 8 – Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)
- November 27 – King Ferdinand I of Aragon (d. 1416)
- date unknown
- Giovanni Berardi, Archbishop of Tarentum (d. 1449)
- Nguyễn Trãi, Confucian scholar (d. 1442)
- Jan Želivský, Hussite priest (d. 1422)
- probable
Deaths
- April 29 – Saint Catherine of Siena, Italian theologian (b. 1347)
- May 5 – Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr
- July 13 – Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France (b. c. 1320)
- July 26 – Komyo, former Emperor of Japan (b. 1322)
- September 11 – Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1340)
- September 16 – King Charles V of France (b. 1338)
- December 29 – Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1305)
- date unknown