1379
year
1379 (MCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1379th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 379th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 14th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1370s decade. As of the start of 1379, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1340s 1350s 1360s – 1370s – 1380s 1390s 1400s |
| Years: | 1376 1377 1378 – 1379 – 1380 1381 1382 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1379 MCCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2132 |
| Armenian calendar | 828 ԹՎ ՊԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6129 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1300–1301 |
| Bengali calendar | 786 |
| Berber calendar | 2329 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Ric. 2 – 3 Ric. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1923 |
| Burmese calendar | 741 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6887–6888 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4075 or 4015 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4076 or 4016 |
| Coptic calendar | 1095–1096 |
| Discordian calendar | 2545 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1371–1372 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5139–5140 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1435–1436 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1300–1301 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4479–4480 |
| Holocene calendar | 11379 |
| Igbo calendar | 379–380 |
| Iranian calendar | 757–758 |
| Islamic calendar | 780–781 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiwa 5 / Kōryaku 1 (康暦元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1292–1293 |
| Julian calendar | 1379 MCCCLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3712 |
| Minguo calendar | 533 before ROC 民前533年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −89 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1921–1922 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1505 or 1124 or 352 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1506 or 1125 or 353 |
Events
change- September 9 – Treaty of Neuberg signed, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between brothers Albert III and Leopold III. Albert III retains the title of Duke of Austria.
- 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.
- John I succeeds his father, Henry II, as King of Castile and King of León.
- Bairam Khawaja establishes the independent principality of the Turkomans of the Black Sheep Empire in present-day Armenia.
- Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow raids Estonia.
- Foundation of New College, Oxford.
- Foundation of Wisbech Grammar School in England.
Births
change- October 4 – King Henry III of Castile (died 1406)
- Ferdinand I of Aragon (died 1416)
- Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland (approximate date; died 1440)
Deaths
change- February 18 – Albert II of Mecklenburg
- May 29 – King Henry II of Castile (born 1334)
- December 16 – John Fitzalan, Marshal of England (drowned)
- Aqsara'i, Persian physician