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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1381''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLXXXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Chioggia]] concludes an alliance with [[Zadar]] and [[Trogir]] against [[Venice]], which becomes changed in 1412 in [[Šibenik]].
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Peasants' Revolt]]: In [[Kingdom of England|England]], rebels from [[Kent]] and [[Essex]], led by [[Wat Tyler]] and [[Jack Straw (rebel leader)|Jack Straw]], meet at [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]]. There the rebels are encouraged by a sermon, by renegade priest [[John Ball (priest)|John Ball]].
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Peasants' Revolt]]: Rebels destroy [[John of Gaunt]]'s [[Savoy Palace]] in London and storm the [[Tower of London]], beheading [[Simon Sudbury]], who is both [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and [[Lord Chancellor]], and also [[Robert Hales (knight)|Robert Hales]], [[Lord High Treasurer]]. King [[Richard II of England]] (age 14) meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of [[serfdom]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[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 of England|Richard II]] revokes his concessions. The revolt is discussed in [[John Gower]]'s ''[[Vox Clamantis]]'' and ''[[Froissart's Chronicles]]''.
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Kęstutis]] overthrows his nephew, [[Jogaila]], as [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Grand Duke of Lithuania]]. Jogaila is allowed to remain as governor of eastern [[Lithuania]]. This marks the beginning of the [[Lithuanian Civil War (1381–84)]].

=== Date not known ===
* Due to [[Joanna I of Naples]]' support for [[Antipope Clement VII]], [[Pope Urban VI]] bestows [[Naples]] upon [[Charles III of Naples|Charles of Durazzo]]. With the help of the [[Hungarians]], Charles advances on Naples and captures Joanna. [[James of Baux]], the ruler of [[History of Taranto|Taranto]] and the [[Latin Empire]], claims the [[Principality of Achaea]] after Joanna's imprisonment.
* After a naval battle, [[Venice]] wins the three-year [[War of Chioggia]] against [[Genoa]]. The Genoans are permanently weakened by the conflict.
* Hajji I succeeds Alah-ad-Din Ali as [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] Sultan of [[Egypt]]. The Egyptian government continues to be controlled by rebel leader [[Barquq]].
* [[Timur]] conquers east [[Persia]], ending the rule of the [[Sarbadars|Sarbadar]] dynasty.
* Sonam Drakpa deposes Drakpa Changchub as ruler of [[Tibet]].
* The [[Ming dynasty]] of China annexes the areas of the old [[Kingdom of Dali]], in modern-day [[Yunnan]] and [[Guizhou]] provinces, inhabited by the [[Miao people|Miao]] and [[Yao people|Yao]] peoples. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese (including military colonists) will migrate there from the rest of China.
* In [[Ming dynasty]] China, the ''lijia'' census registration system begun in [[1371]] is now universally imposed, during the reign of the [[Hongwu Emperor]]. The census counts 59,873,305 people living in China in this year. This depicts a drastic drop in population since the [[Song dynasty]], which counted 100 million people at its height in the early 12th century. A modern historian states that the Ming census is inaccurate, as China at around this time has at least 65,000,000 inhabitants, if not 75,000,000.<ref name="brook 28">[[Timothy Brook|Brook, Timothy]] (1998). ''[[The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China]]''. Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-22154-3}}.</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Colette of Corbie]], French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (d. [[1447]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Colette {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Colette |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel]], English politician (d. [[1415]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Anna of Celje]], Queen consort of Poland (d. [[1416]])
** [[Johann Schiltberger]], German traveller and writer (d. [[1440]])
** [[John I, Duke of Bourbon]] (d. [[1434]])
** [[Saint Rita of Cascia]] (d. [[1457]])
** [[Itzcóatl]], fourth [[Tlatoani]] for the [[Mexica]] Empire (d. [[1440]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Vadstena]], Swedish saint (b. [[1331]] or [[1332]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Catherine of Sweden {{!}} Swedish saint |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Catherine-of-Sweden |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Eppelein von Gailingen]], German robber baron
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Simon Sudbury]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (murdered)
* [[June 15]]
** [[John Cavendish]], Lord Chief Justice of England (murdered)
** [[Wat Tyler]], English rebel (murdered)
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[John Ball (priest)|John Ball]], renegade priest (executed)
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[John of Ruysbroeck]], Flemish mystic
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March]], English politician

== References ==
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