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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420s |
| Years: | 1391 1392 1393 - 1394 - 1395 1396 1397 |
| 1394 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1394 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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Events of 1394
- September 17 - King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from France.
- September 28 - Pope Benedict XIII succeeds Pope Clement VII.
- Battle of Karanovasa - Wallachia (now southern Romania) resists an invasion by the Ottomans and their Serb and Bulgarian vassals.
- The Ottomans begin an eight-year siege of Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire.
- The Anadoluhisarı fortress is built by the Ottomans to defend themselves during the siege.
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu retires as shogun of Japan and is succeeded by his son, Ashikaga Yoshimochi.
- The capital city of the Joseon Dynasty in present-day Korea is moved from Gaegyeong (now Gaeseong) to Hanseong (now Seoul).
- Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Jongmyo royal ancestral shrine are built in Hanseong (now Seoul).
- After the death of Sultan Mahmud II, civil war breaks out in the Delhi Sultanate, splitting the state between east and west.
- Battle of Ros-mic-Triuin: The Kingdom of Leinster, led by King Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, defeats an invading army from England, led by King Richard II of England and Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March.
- Ştefan I succeeds Roman I as Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova and eastern Romania).
- Abu Zayyan II succeeds his brother, Abul Hadjdjadj I, as ruler of the Abdalwadid dynasty in present-day eastern Algeria.
- Yûsuf I succeeds Abd ar-Rahmân II as ruler of the Ziyanid Dynasty in present-day western Algeria.
- The Ottomans conquer Thessaly (now eastern Greece).
- Abd al-Aziz II succeeds Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II as ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in present-day Tunisia.
- Richard II of England grants Geoffrey Chaucer 20 pounds a year for life for his services as a diplomat and Clerk of The King's Works.
- The Allgäuer Brauhaus brewery is founded in present-day Germany.
- The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China orders the Ministry of Public Works to issue a public notice that every 100 households in the lijia system are to set aside 2 mu (1,390 m2) of land for planting mulberry and jujube trees.
| Gregorian calendar | 1394 MCCCXCIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2147 |
| Armenian calendar | 843 ԹՎ ՊԽԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -450 – -449 |
| Berber calendar | 2344 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1938 |
| Burmese calendar | 756 |
| Chinese calendar | 4030/4090-11-29 (癸酉年十一月廿九日) — to —
4031/4091-12-9(甲戌年十二月初九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1110 – 1111 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1386 – 1387 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5154 – 5155 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1449 – 1450 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1316 – 1317 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4495 – 4496 |
| Holocene calendar | 11394 |
| Iranian calendar | 772 – 773 |
| Islamic calendar | 796 – 797 |
| Japanese calendar | (年) — changed to —
Ōei 1(応永元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3727 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1937 |
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Births
- March 4 - Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (d. 1460)
- July 12 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)
- November 24 - Charles, duc d'Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
- December 10 - King James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
- Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (d. 1449)
- Cymburgis of Masovia, Duchess of Austria
- Ikkyu, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (d. 1481)
- Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (d. 1415)
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Deaths
- June 4 - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England
- June 7 - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (plague) (b. 1366)
- July 24 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, Scottish prince (b. 1343)
- August 27 - Former Emperor Chokei of Japan (b. 1343)
- September 16 - Avignon Pope Clement VII (b. 1342)
- John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (b. 1365)
- John Devereux 2nd Baron Devereux
- Louis of Enghien, Count of Conversano and Brienne
- John Hawkwood, English mercenary (b. 1320)
- Constance of Castile, claimant to the throne of Castile
- Fazlallah Astarabadi, founder of the mystical Hurufism sect (executed)
- Sultan Mahmud II of Delhi
- Former King Gongyang of Goryeo (b. 1345)
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