1379
Year 1379 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- May 29 - John I succeeds his father, Henry II, as King of Castile and King of León.
- September 9 - The Treaty of Neuberg is signed, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between brothers Albert III and Leopold III. Albert III retains the title of Duke of Austria.
Date unknown
- The Venetians and Ottomans invade Constantinople, and restore John V Palaiologos as Byzantine co-emperor. Andronikos IV Palaiologos is allowed to remain as Byzantine co-emperor, but is confined to the city of Silivri for the remainder of his life.
- Bairam Khawaja establishes the independent principality of the Turkomans of the Black Sheep Empire, in present day Armenia.
- Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow raids Estonia.
- New College, Oxford is founded in England.
- Wisbech Grammar School is founded in England.
Births
- October 4 - King Henry III of Castile
- date unknown - Jerome of Prague, Hussite
- * Empress Zhang of China
Deaths
- February 18 - Albert II of Mecklenburg
- May 29 - King Henry II of Castile
- November 15 - Otto V, Duke of Bavaria
- December 16 - John Fitzalan, Marshal of England
- date unknown - Aqsara'i, Persian physician
