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1380

Year 1380 was a Leap Year Starting On Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

EVENTS

September 8 - Battle Of Kulikovo - Russia n forces under Grand Prince Dmitri Donskoi Of Moscow resist a large invasion by the Blue Horde , Lithuania and Ryazan , stopping their advance at Kulikovo .

Khan Tokhtamysh of the White Horde dethrones Khan Mamai of the Blue Horde . The two hordes unite to form the Golden Horde .

September 16 - Charles V Of France dies and is succeeded by his twelve year old son, Charles VI .

Haakon VI Of Norway dies and is succeeded by his son Olaf III Of Denmark as Olaf IV Of Norway .

Iceland and the Faroe Islands , as a parts of Norway , pass under the Danish crown.

John Wycliffe and Nicholas of Hereford complete the first heretical English translation of the Bible .

BIRTHS

February 11 - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini , Italian humanist (died 1459 )

September 8 - Saint Bernardino Of Siena , Italian Franciscan missionary (died 1444 )

Jan Zelivsky - Hussite priest (died 1422 )

Johannes Abezier , bishop (died 1424 )

Ghiyath Al-Kashi , Persian astronomer and mathematician (died 1429 )

Thomas à Kempis , German monk and writer (died 1471 )

John De Sutton V , English nobleman (died 1406 )

DEATHS

January 5 - Philippa Plantagenet , Countess of Ulster (born 1355 )

April 29 - Catherine Of Siena , Italian saint (born 1347 )

July 13 - Bertrand Du Guesclin , Constable Of France (c. 1320 )

July 26 - Komyo , former Emperor of Japan (born 1322 )

September 16 - King Charles V Of France (born 1338 )

Dafydd Ap Gwilym , Welsh poet

Haakon VI Of Norway (born 1340 )

Nissim Of Gerona , rabbi (born 1320 )