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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1385''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLXXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Charles VI of France]] marries [[Isabeau of Bavaria]]; the wedding is celebrated with France's first court ball.
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Edmund of Langley]] is elevated to become the first [[Duke of York]] in England.
* [[August 14]]
** [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]: John of Aviz defeats [[John I of Castile]] in the decisive battle of the [[1383–85 Crisis]] in Portugal. John of Aviz is crowned King [[John I of Portugal]], ending [[Beatrice of Portugal|Queen Beatrice]]'s rule, and Portugal's independence from the [[Kingdom of Castile]] is secured.
** The [[Union of Krewo]] establishes the [[Jagiellonian dynasty]] in Poland and [[Lithuania]], through the proposed marriage of Queen regnant [[Jadwiga of Poland]] and Grand Duke [[Jogaila]] of Lithuania, and sees the acceptance of [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] by the Lithuanian elite, and an end to the [[Greater Poland Civil War]].
* [[August 31]] &ndash; King [[Richard II of England]] begins [[English invasion of Scotland (1385)|an invasion of Scotland]]. The English burn [[Holyrood, Edinburgh|Holyrood]] and [[Edinburgh]], but return home without a decisive battle.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=109–113|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Battle of Savra]]: [[Serbian Empire|Serbian]] forces under [[Balša II]] and [[Mrnjavčević family|Ivaniš Mrnjavčević]] are defeated by [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] commander Hayreddin Pasha, near [[Berat]].
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Battle of Valverde (1385)|Battle of Valverde]]: The armies of [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] defeat [[Crown of Castile|Castile]].
* [[December]] &ndash; A group of Hungarian nobles helps [[Charles III of Naples]] to overthrow Queen [[Mary, Queen of Hungary|Mary]], as ruler of Hungary and [[Croatia]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Tokhtamysh]] of the [[Golden Horde]] conquers parts of the [[Jalayirid Sultanate]] in western [[Persia]], causing a rift between himself and [[Timur]] of the Timurid Empire, who had also wanted to conquer Persia.
* [[Olav IV of Norway]] is elected as titular King of [[Sweden]], in opposition to the unpopular [[Albert of Sweden|King Albert]].
* The [[Hongwu Emperor]] of China's [[Ming dynasty]] relents after eighteen tribute missions over the previous eight years, and agrees to invest King [[U of Goryeo]].
* Construction of:
** [[Castello Estense]] in [[Ferrara]] (modern-day Italy)
** [[Bodiam Castle]] ([[East Sussex]], England)</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken]] (d. [[1459]])
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel]], English noble (d. [[1421]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford]], English noble (d. [[1417]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Jean I, Duke of Alençon]] (d. [[1415]])
** [[Jan van Eyck]], Flemish painter (approximate date; d. [[1441]])
** [[Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence]], English noble (d. [[1429]])
** [[Mircea I of Wallachia]] (d. [[1418]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Andronikos IV Palaiologos]], co-ruler of the [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Empire]]
* [[August 7]] &ndash; [[Joan of Kent]], Dowager Princess of Wales, widow of [[Edward, the Black Prince]] (b. [[1328]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Balša II]], ruler of Zeta
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Dionysius I, Metropolitan of Moscow]]
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Bernabò Visconti]], Lord of [[Milan]] (b. [[1319]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Xu Da]], Chinese military leader (b. [[1332]])

== References ==
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