1381
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1381 (MCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1381st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 381st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 14th century, and the 2nd year of the 1380s decade. As of the start of 1381, 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: | 1350s 1360s 1370s – 1380s – 1390s 1400s 1410s |
| Years: | 1378 1379 1380 – 1381 – 1382 1383 1384 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1381 MCCCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2134 |
| Armenian calendar | 830 ԹՎ ՊԼ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6131 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1302–1303 |
| Bengali calendar | 788 |
| Berber calendar | 2331 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Ric. 2 – 5 Ric. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1925 |
| Burmese calendar | 743 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6889–6890 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4077 or 4017 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4078 or 4018 |
| Coptic calendar | 1097–1098 |
| Discordian calendar | 2547 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1373–1374 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5141–5142 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1437–1438 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1302–1303 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4481–4482 |
| Holocene calendar | 11381 |
| Igbo calendar | 381–382 |
| Iranian calendar | 759–760 |
| Islamic calendar | 782–783 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōryaku 3 / Eitoku 1 (永徳元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1294–1295 |
| Julian calendar | 1381 MCCCLXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3714 |
| Minguo calendar | 531 before ROC 民前531年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −87 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1923–1924 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1507 or 1126 or 354 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1508 or 1127 or 355 |
Events
change- June 12– Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels from Kent and Essex, led by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, meet at Blackheath. There the rebels are encouraged by a sermon by renegade priest John Ball.
- June 14– Peasants' Revolt: Rebels destroy John of Gaunt's Savoy Palace and storm the Tower of London, killing the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor. King Richard II of England meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of serfdom.
- June 15– Peasants' Revolt: During further negotiations, Wat Tyler is murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army. The rebel leaders are eventually captured and executed and Richard II revokes his concessions.
- The revolt is discussed in John Gower's Vox Clamantis and Froissart's Chronicles.
- Kęstutis overthrows his nephew, Jogaila, as Grand Duke of Lithuania. Jogaila is allowed to remain as governor of eastern Lithuania.
- Due to Joan I of Naples' support for Antipope Clement VII, Pope Urban VI bestows Naples upon Charles of Durazzo. With the help of the Hungarians, Charles advances on Naples and captures Joan.
- James of Baux, the ruler of Taranto and the Latin Empire, claims the Principality of Achaea after the imprisonment of Joan I of Naples.
- Sonam Drakpa deposes Drakpa Changchub as ruler of Tibet.
- Hajji I succeeds Alah-ad-Din Ali as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt. The Egyptian government continues to be controlled by rebel leader, Berkuk.
- After a naval battle, Venice wins the three-year War of Chioggia against Genoa. The Genoans are permanently weakened by the conflict.
- Timur conquers east Persia, ending the rule of the Sarbadar Dynasty.
Births
change- May 9– Johann Schiltberger, German traveller and writer (died 1440)
- October 13 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1415)
- John I, Duke of Bourbon (died 1434)
- Saint Rita of Cascia (died 1457)
Deaths
change- March 24– Catherine of Sweden, Swedish saint
- May 15– Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
- June 14– Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
- June 15– John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England
- June 15– Wat Tyler, English rebel
- July 15– John Ball, renegade priest
- December 2– John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
- December 27– Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician