1385

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Years: 1382 1383 1384 - 1385 - 1386 1387 1388

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

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

Events

• August 14 - Battle of Aljubarrota between the Portuguese under John I of Portugal and the Castilians, under John I of Castile. The decisive Portuguese victory guarantees independence and ends the 1383-1385 Crisis
• John I of Portugal becomes the first Portuguese king of the House of Aviz
• August 14 - The Union of Krewo established the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland and Lithuania through the marriage of Queen Jadwiga of Poland and Grand Prince Jagiello of Lithuania and saw the acceptance of Roman Catholicism by the Lithuanian elite.
• The marriage of Charles VI of France and Isabella of Bavaria-Straubing is the first French court ball

Births

• John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (died 1421)
• Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter (approximate date; died 1441)
• Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (died 1429)

Deaths

• Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (born 1328)