1381

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1360s 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s
Years:	1378 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384

1381 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1381 MCCCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2134
Armenian calendar	830 ԹՎ ՊԼ
Assyrian calendar	6131
Balinese saka calendar	1302–1303
Bengali calendar	788
Berber calendar	2331
English Regnal year	4Ric. 2– 5Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar	1925
Burmese calendar	743
Byzantine calendar	6889–6890
Chinese calendar	Canh thânNiên (MetalMonkey) 4078 or 3871 — to — Tân dậu niên (MetalRooster) 4079 or 3872
Coptic calendar	1097–1098
Discordian calendar	2547
Ethiopian calendar	1373–1374
Hebrew calendar	5141–5142
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1437–1438
-Shaka Samvat	1302–1303
-Kali Yuga	4481–4482
Holocene calendar	11381
Igbo calendar	381–382
Iranian calendar	759–760
Islamic calendar	782–783
Japanese calendar	Kōryaku3 /Eitoku1 ( vĩnh đức nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1294–1295
Julian calendar	1381 MCCCLXXXI
Korean calendar	3714
Minguo calendar	531 beforeROC Dân tiền 531 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−87
Thai solar calendar	1923–1924
Tibetan calendar	Dương kim hầu niên (male Iron-Monkey) 1507 or 1126 or 354 — to — Âm kim kê niên (female Iron-Rooster) 1508 or 1127 or 355

Year1381(MCCCLXXXI) was acommon year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

January–December

• March 14–Chioggiaconcludes an alliance withZadarandTrogiragainstVenice,which becomes changed in 1412 inŠibenik.
• June 12–Peasants' Revolt:InEngland,rebels fromKentandEssex,led byWat TylerandJack Straw,meet atBlackheath.There the rebels are encouraged by a sermon, by renegade priestJohn Ball.
• June 14–Peasants' Revolt:Rebels destroyJohn of Gaunt'sSavoy Palacein London and storm theTower of London,beheadingSimon Sudbury,who is bothArchbishop of CanterburyandLord Chancellor,and alsoRobert Hales,Lord High Treasurer.KingRichard II of England(age 14) meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition ofserfdom.
• June 15–Peasants' Revolt:During further negotiations,Wat Tyleris murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army. The rebel leaders are eventually captured and executed andRichard IIrevokes his concessions. The revolt is discussed inJohn Gower'sVox ClamantisandFroissart's Chronicles.
• August–Kęstutisoverthrows his nephew,Jogaila,asGrand Duke of Lithuania.Jogaila is allowed to remain as governor of easternLithuania.This marks the beginning of theLithuanian Civil War (1381–84).

Date not known

• Due toJoanna I of Naples' support forAntipope Clement VII,Pope Urban VIbestowsNaplesuponCharles of Durazzo.With the help of theHungarians,Charles advances on Naples and captures Joanna.James of Baux,the ruler ofTarantoand theLatin Empire,claims thePrincipality of Achaeaafter Joanna's imprisonment.
• After a naval battle,Venicewins the three-yearWar of ChioggiaagainstGenoa.The Genoans are permanently weakened by the conflict.
• Hajji I succeeds Alah-ad-Din Ali asMamlukSultan ofEgypt.The Egyptian government continues to be controlled by rebel leaderBarquq.
• Timurconquers eastPersia,ending the rule of theSarbadardynasty.
• Sonam Drakpa deposes Drakpa Changchub as ruler ofTibet.
• TheMing dynastyof China annexes the areas of the oldKingdom of Dali,in modern-dayYunnanandGuizhouprovinces, inhabited by theMiaoandYaopeoples. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese (including military colonists) will migrate there from the rest of China.
• InMing dynastyChina, thelijiacensus registration system begun in1371is now universally imposed, during the reign of theHongwu Emperor.The census counts 59,873,305 people living in China in this year. This depicts a drastic drop in population since theSong 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.

Births

• January 13–Colette of Corbie,French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (d.1447)
• October 13–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,fourthTlatoanifor theMexicaEmpire (d.1440)

Deaths

• March 24–Catherine of Vadstena,Swedish saint (b.1331or1332)
• May 15–Eppelein von Gailingen,German robber baron
• June 14–Simon Sudbury,Archbishop of Canterbury(murdered)
• June 15
  • John Cavendish,Lord Chief Justice of England (murdered)
  • Wat Tyler,English rebel (murdered)
• July 15–John Ball,renegade priest (executed)
• December 2–John of Ruysbroeck,Flemish mystic
• December 27–Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March,English politician