Editing 1399

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{{C14 year in topic}}[[File:Henry4.JPG|thumb|right|110px|Henry IV of England]]Year '''1399''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXCIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Timur]] the Lame captures and sacks [[Haridwar]].
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[John of Gaunt]], uncle of King [[Richard II of England]] and father of [[Henry IV of England|Henry Bolingbroke]], dies.
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Richard II of England]] cancels the legal documents allowing the exiled [[Henry IV of England|Henry Bolingbroke]] to inherit his father's lands.
* [[July 4]] &ndash; While [[Richard II of England]] is away on a military campaign in [[Ireland]], [[Henry IV of England|Henry Bolingbroke]], with exiled former [[archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Thomas Arundel]] as an advisor, returns to England and begins a military campaign to reclaim his confiscated lands.
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Prince of Yan]] ([[Zhu Di]]) of China starts a rebellion in [[Beijing]].
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Vorskla River]]: [[Mongol]] [[Golden Horde]] forces, led by Khan [[Temür Qutlugh]] and Emir [[Edigu]], annihilate a [[crusades|crusading]] army led by former Golden Horde Khan [[Tokhtamysh]], and Grand Duke [[Vytautas]] of [[Lithuania]].
* [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Richard II of England]] is taken prisoner upon his return from [[Ireland]].
* [[September 29]] &ndash; Having regained his father's lands, [[Henry IV of England|Henry Bolingbroke]] is urged to take the crown from the unpopular [[Richard II of England]]. Parliament charges Richard II with committing crimes against his subjects and eventually forces him to abdicate.
* [[September 30]] &ndash; Parliament accepts [[Henry IV of England|Henry Bolingbroke]] as the new king of England.
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Henry IV of England]] is crowned.
* [[October 19]] &ndash; Thomas Arundel is restored as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], replacing [[Roger Walden]].
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[John V, Duke of Brittany]] begins his reign.

=== Date unknown ===
* Faraj succeeds his father, [[Barquq]], as [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultan of Egypt]].
* Sultan [[Bayezid I]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] invades Mamluk-occupied [[Syria]]. A rift forms between Sultan Bayezid and [[Timur]] of the Timurid Empire, who also wanted to conquer Syria.
* [[Ladislaus of Naples|Ladislaus]] regains the throne of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]], after overthrowing King [[Louis II of Anjou|Louis II]].
* King [[Jogaila]] becomes sole ruler of [[Poland]], after the death of his co-ruling wife, Queen [[Jadwiga of Poland|Jadwiga]].
* [[Abu Said Uthman III]] succeeds Abdullah, as ruler of the [[Marinid dynasty]] in present-day [[Morocco]].
* The [[Principality of Achaea]] (now southern [[Greece]]) resists an invasion by the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* Traditional foundation date of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] in India, which survives until [[1950]].
* [[Iuga of Moldavia|Iuga]] becomes prince of [[Moldavia]]

== Births ==
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Xuande Emperor]] of China (d. [[1435]])
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[John, Count of Angoulême]] (d. [[1467]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[William II Canynges]], English merchant (approximate date; d. [[1474]])
** [[Zara Yaqob]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (d. [[1468]])
** [[Rogier van der Weyden]], Dutch painter (or [[1400]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:Johnofgaunt.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[John of Gaunt]] died [[3 February]]]]
[[File:Jadwiga by Bacciarelli.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Jadwiga of Poland]] died [[17 July]]]]
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Eymerich]], Catalan theologian and inquisitor
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster]] (b. [[1340]])<ref>{{cite web |title=John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster {{!}} English prince |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-of-Gaunt-duke-of-Lancaster |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk]] (b. c. [[1320]])
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Peter Parler]], German architect (b. [[1330]])
* [[July 17]] &ndash; King [[Jadwiga of Poland]] (b. [[1374]])
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Demetrius I Starshy]], Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (b. [[1327]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Ide Pedersdatter Falk]], Danish noblewoman (b. [[1358]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Mikhail II of Tver|Mikhail II]], Grand Prince of Tver (b. [[1333]])
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk]], [[English people|English]] politician (b. [[1366]])
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Eleanor de Bohun]], English noble (b. c.[[1366]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/eleanor-de-bohun-duchess-of-gloucester |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=18 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Raymond of Capua]], Italian Dominic friar and venerated Christian (b. [[1330]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[John IV, Duke of Brittany]] (b. [[1339]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Spytek of Melsztyn (died 1399)|Spytek z Melsztyna]], Polish nobleman
** [[William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]] (b. [[1350]])
** Sultan [[Barquq]] of [[Egypt]]
** Trần Ngung, former ruler of [[Trần dynasty]] [[Vietnam]] (forced to commit suicide)
** [[Stephen I of Moldavia]]

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