1380
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.
BirthsFebruary 11 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (d. 1459)Thomas à Kempis, German monk and writer (d. 1471)
DeathsApril 29 - Saint Catherine of Siena (b. 1347)July 26 - Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders (b. 1322)September 16 - King Charles V of France (b. 1338)Dafydd ap Gwilym, Welsh poet Haakon VI of Norway.
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