Year 1390 (MCCCXC) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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January–December

• April 14 – John VII Palaiologos overthrows his grandfather, John V Palaiologos, as Byzantine Emperor.
• April 19 – Robert III succeeds his father, Robert II, as King of Scotland.
• September 17 – John VII Palaiologos seeks refuge with the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I after John V Palaiologos is restored by his son, Manuel, and the Republic of Venice.
• October 9 – Henry III succeeds his father, John I, as King of Castile and Le n.

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• The Ottomans take Philadelphia, the last Byzantine enclave of any significance in Anatolia.
• With the help of the Teutonic Knights, Vytautas begins a revolt against his cousin, Jogaila the Supreme Prince of Lithuania.
• The Earl of Derby (the future King Henry IV of England) supports the Teutonic Knights at the siege of Vilnius.
• Barquq is restored as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt after overthrowing Sultan Hadji II.
• Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III overthrows his brother, Abu Bakr Shah, as Sultan of Delhi.
• Manuel III succeeds his father, Alexios III, as Emperor of Trebizond (now north eastern Turkey).
• Sikandar But-shikan succeeds Sikandar Shah as Sultan of Kashmir.
• Ko Cheng succeeds Che Bong Nga as King of Champa (now eastern Vietnam).
• Mahmud succeeds Sandaki as Mansa of the Mali Empire.
• N'Diklam Sare succeeds Sare N'Dyaye as ruler of the Jolof Empire (now part of Senegal).
• The Kingdom of Kaffa is established in present day Ethiopia (approximate date).
• Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), is built.
• The Candi Surawana Temple is built in the Majapahit Kingdom (now Indonesia).
• Construction begins on San Petronio Basilica in Bologna.

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Births

• October 3 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447)
• December 27 – Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
• probable
  • John Dunstaple, English composer (d. 1453)
  • Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman and rebel leader (d. 1436)
  • Dederick Storm, in Wyck, Netherlands

Deaths

• April 19 – King Robert II of Scotland (b. 1316)
• August 14 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
• September 23 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
• October 9 – King John I of Castile (fall from a horse) (b. 1358)
• September – Towtiwil, Prince of Black Ruthenia
• probable – Altichiero, Italian painter (b. 1330)

References

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