1380 - Definition and Overview

Events

• September 8 - Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitrii Ivanovich defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols (the Golden Horde), stopping their advance at Kulikovo.
• September 16 - Charles V of France dies and is succeeded by his son Charles VI.
• Haakon VI of Norway dies and is succeeded by his son Olaf III of Denmark as Olaf IV of Norway.
• Iceland, as a part of Norway passes under the Danish crown.

Births

• February 11 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist.

Deaths

• April 29 - Saint Catherine of Siena
• September 16 - King Charles V of France
• Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
• Dafydd ap Gwilym, Welsh poet
• Haakon VI of Norway.