1383

January–December

• May 17 - King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal.
• July 7 - The childless James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea, and last titular Latin Emperor, dies. As a result:
• * Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea.
• * Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, the widower of Joanna I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto.
• * Louis I, Duke of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire, but never uses the title of Emperor.
• October 22 - King Fernando I of Portugal dies, and is succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice of Portugal. A period of civil war and anarchy, known as the 1383–85 Crisis, begins in Portugal, due to Beatrice being married to King John I of Castile and Leon.

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• Dan I succeeds his father as Prince of Wallachia. He is the ancestor of the House of Dăneşti.
• The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
• Rao Chanda succeeds Rao Biram Dev, as Rathore ruler of Marwar.
• Löwenbräu beer is first brewed.
• Completion of the original inner courtyard of Farleigh Hungerford Castle in Somersetshire, England.
• The Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Temple is built in present-day Thailand, by King Kuena of Lanna.
• Construction of the Bastille is completed in Paris, France.