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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1379''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[John I of Castile|John I]] succeeds his father, [[Henry II of Castile|Henry II]], as King of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] and [[Kingdom of León|King of León]].<ref>Elorza, Juan C.; Vaquero, Lourdes; Castillo, Belén; Negro, Marta (1990). Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Bienestar Social (ed.). ''El Panteón Real de las Huelgas de Burgos. Los enterramientos de los reyes de León y de Castilla'' [''The Royal Pantheon of the Huelgas de Burgos. The graves of the monarchs of León and Castile''] (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Editorial Evergráficas S.A. {{ISBN|84-241-9999-5}}.</ref>
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[New College, Oxford]], is founded in [[Kingdom of England|England]] by [[William of Wykeham]], Bishop of Winchester.<ref>"The History of New College". New College. Retrieved 14 January 2025.</ref>
* [[July 1]] &ndash; Forces of the [[Republic of Venice]] and [[Ottoman Turks]], having invaded [[Constantinople]], restore [[John V Palaiologos]] as [[Byzantine]] co-emperor. [[Andronikos IV Palaiologos]] is allowed to remain as co-emperor, but is confined to the city of [[Silivri]] for the remainder of his life.<ref>[[Andronikos IV Palaiologos#CITEREFPLP|PLP]], 21438. Παλαιολόγος, Ἀνδρόνικος IV. [Κομνηνός].</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Neuberg]] is signed, splitting the [[Austria]]n [[Habsburg]] lands between brothers [[Albert III of Austria|Albert III]] and [[Leopold III of Austria (Habsburg)|Leopold III]]. [[Albert III of Austria|Albert III]] retains the title of Duke of Austria.<ref>"Austria | Facts, People, and Points of Interest - Early Middle Ages". ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved 14 January 2025.</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* Bairam Khawaja establishes the independent principality of the [[Kara Koyunlu]] (Turkomans of the Black Sheep Empire), in modern-day [[Armenia]].
* [[Dmitry Donskoy]] of [[Moscow]] raids [[Estonia]].
* In the [[Hundred Years' War]], the [[Kingdom of France|French]] lose control of most of [[Brittany]] to the English.<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[Wisbech Grammar School]] is founded in England.<ref>"Schools". ''Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies''. Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 14 January 2025.</ref>
* [[Timur]] conquers the [[Sufid]] Dynasty of Khwarazm.<ref>Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1978). "Khwarazm". ''The Encyclopedia of Islam''. Vol. IV. Leiden: E. J. Brill.</ref>

== Births ==
* [[October 4]] &ndash; King [[Henry III of Castile]] (d. [[1406]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Jerome of Prague]], [[Hussites|Hussite]] (d. [[1416]])
** [[Empress Zhang (Hongxi)]] of China (d. [[1442]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Albert II of Mecklenburg]] (b. {{Circa|1318}})
* [[May 29]] &ndash; King [[Henry II of Castile]] (b. [[1333]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry II {{!}} king of Castile |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-II-king-of-Castile |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Otto V, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. [[1346]])
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel|John Fitzalan]], Marshal of England (drowned)
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Aqsara'i]], Persian physician

== References ==
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