1381

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Years: 1378 1379 1380 - 1381 - 1382 1383 1384

Decades: 1350s 1360s 1370s - 1380s - 1390s 1400s 1410s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

• June 12 - Peasants' Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath.
• June 14 - King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants Revolt.
  • The revolt is discussed in John Gower's Vox Clamantis and Froissart's Chronicles.

Births

• May 9 - Johann Schiltberger, German traveller and writer (died 1440)
• October 13 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1415)
• John I, Duke of Bourbon (died 1434)
• Saint Rita of Cascia (died 1457)

Deaths

• March 24 - Catherine of Sweden, Swedish saint
• May 15 - Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
• June 14 - Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
• June 15 - John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England
• December 2 - John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
• December 27 - Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
• Wat Tyler, English rebel