1396 - Definition and Overview

Events

• September 25 - Bayezid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers at the Battle of Nicopolis.
• The Ottomans capture Vidin, the only remaining Bulgarian state.

Births

• Alfonso V of Aragon
• June 30 - Dijon, France, Philip III the Good (Philippe le Bon), Duke of Burgundy (1419)

Deaths