1396 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1360s 1370s 1380s – 1390s – 1400s 1410s 1420s |
| Years: | 1393 1394 1395 – 1396 – 1397 1398 1399 |
Year 1396 was a leap year starting on Saturday.
Contents
Events of 1396
- May 19 – Martin I succeeds his brother, John I, as King of Aragon (now north-east Spain).
- September 25 – Battle of Nicopolis: The Ottomans defeat a joint crusade by Hungary, France, the Holy Roman Empire, England and Wallacia, led by King Sigismund of Hungary. This was last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages.
- November 24 – Transit of Venus – the last not to be part of a pair. Possibly observed by Aztec astronomers.
- November 29 – Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, marries Joan Beaufort
- Temporary peace is declared between England and France with the marriage of Richard II of England and Isabella of Valois, the daughter of Charles VI of France.
- France conquers the Republic of Genoa.
- After a fourteen-year period of interregnum, Peter of Saint Superan is declared as ruler of the Principality of Achaea (now southern Greece).
- In the "Battle of the Thirty", a mass trial by combat, the Clan Cameron defeat the Clan MacKintosh on the North Inch of Perth, Scotland.
- Queen Margaret of Norway, Denmark and Sweden makes her adopted son Eric of Pomerania joint ruler of Sweden. Eric had already been made joint ruler of Norway.
- Abu Amir succeeds Abdul Aziz II as ruler of the Marinid dynasty in present-day Morocco.
- Timur appoints his son Miran Shah as Timurid viceroy of Azerbaijan.
- The Kartid Dynasty is brought to an end in east Persia after its remaining rulers are murdered at a banquet by Miran Shah, son of Timur Lenk.
- Philibert de Naillac succeeds Juan Fernández de Heredia as Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
- The Ulu Camii mosque is built in Bursa by the Ottomans.
| Gregorian calendar | 1396 MCCCXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2149 |
| Armenian calendar | 845 ԹՎ ՊԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6146 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1317–1318 |
| Bengali calendar | 803 |
| Berber calendar | 2346 |
| English Regnal year | 19 Ric. 2 – 20 Ric. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1940 |
| Burmese calendar | 758 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6904–6905 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4092 or 4032 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4093 or 4033 |
| Coptic calendar | 1112–1113 |
| Discordian calendar | 2562 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1388–1389 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5156–5157 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1452–1453 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1317–1318 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4496–4497 |
| Holocene calendar | 11396 |
| Igbo calendar | 396–397 |
| Iranian calendar | 774–775 |
| Islamic calendar | 798–799 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 3 (応永３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1310–1311 |
| Julian calendar | 1396 MCCCXCVI |
| Korean calendar | 3729 |
| Minguo calendar | 516 before ROC 民前516年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −72 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1938–1939 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1522 or 1141 or 369 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1523 or 1142 or 370 |
Births
- July 31 – Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (died 1467)
- October 16 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (died 1450)
- date unknown
- Alfonso V of Aragon (died 1458)
- Ambroise de Loré, baron of Ivry in Normandy (died 1446)
- John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros (died 1421)
- Paolo Uccello, painter (died 1475)
Deaths
- July 31 – William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury
- November 29 – Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (born 1373)
- date unknown
See also
In Spanish: 1396 para niños
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