1399

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s
Years:	1396 1397 1398 1399 1400 1401 1402

1399 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1399 MCCCXCIX
Ab urbe condita	2152
Armenian calendar	848 ԹՎ ՊԽԸ
Assyrian calendar	6149
Balinese saka calendar	1320–1321
Bengali calendar	806
Berber calendar	2349
English Regnal year	22Ric. 2– 1Hen. 4
Buddhist calendar	1943
Burmese calendar	761
Byzantine calendar	6907–6908
Chinese calendar	Mậu DầnNăm (EarthTiger) 4096 or 3889 — to — Kỷ Mão năm (EarthRabbit) 4097 or 3890
Coptic calendar	1115–1116
Discordian calendar	2565
Ethiopian calendar	1391–1392
Hebrew calendar	5159–5160
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1455–1456
-Shaka Samvat	1320–1321
-Kali Yuga	4499–4500
Holocene calendar	11399
Igbo calendar	399–400
Iranian calendar	777–778
Islamic calendar	801–802
Japanese calendar	Ōei6 ( ứng vĩnh ６ năm )
Javanese calendar	1313–1314
Julian calendar	1399 MCCCXCIX
Korean calendar	3732
Minguo calendar	513 beforeROC Dân trước 513 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−69
Thai solar calendar	1941–1942
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ hổ năm (male Earth-Tiger) 1525 or 1144 or 372 — to — Âm thổ thỏ năm (female Earth-Rabbit) 1526 or 1145 or 373

Henry IV of England

Year1399(MCCCXCIX) was acommon year starting on Wednesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

January–December

• January–Timurthe Lame captures and sacksHaridwar.
• February 3–John of Gaunt,uncle of KingRichard II of Englandand father ofHenry Bolingbroke,dies.
• March 18–Richard II of Englandcancels the legal documents allowing the exiledHenry Bolingbroketo inherit his father's lands.
• July 4– WhileRichard II of Englandis away on a military campaign inIreland,Henry Bolingbroke,with exiled formerarchbishop of CanterburyThomas Arundelas an advisor, returns to England and begins a military campaign to reclaim his confiscated lands.
• August 6–Prince of Yan(Zhu Di) of China starts a rebellion inBeijing.
• August 12–Battle of the Vorskla River:MongolGolden Hordeforces, led by KhanTemür Qutlughand EmirEdigu,annihilate acrusadingarmy led by former Golden Horde KhanTokhtamysh,and Grand DukeVytautasofLithuania.
• August 19–Richard II of Englandis taken prisoner upon his return fromIreland.
• September 29– Having regained his father's lands,Henry Bolingbrokeis urged to take the crown from the unpopularRichard II of England.Parliament charges Richard II with committing crimes against his subjects and eventually forces him to abdicate.
• September 30– Parliament acceptsHenry Bolingbrokeas the new king of England.
• October 13–Henry IV of Englandis crowned.
• October 19– Thomas Arundel is restored asArchbishop of Canterbury,replacingRoger Walden.
• November 1–John V, Duke of Brittanybegins his reign.

Date unknown

• Faraj succeeds his father,Barquq,asMamluk Sultan of Egypt.
• SultanBayezid Iof theOttoman Empireinvades Mamluk-occupiedSyria.A rift forms between Sultan Bayezid andTimurof the Timurid Empire, who also wanted to conquer Syria.
• Ladislausregains the throne ofNaples,after overthrowing KingLouis II.
• KingJogailabecomes sole ruler ofPoland,after the death of his co-ruling wife, QueenJadwiga.
• Abu Said Uthman IIIsucceeds Abdullah, as ruler of theMarinid dynastyin present-dayMorocco.
• ThePrincipality of Achaea(now southernGreece) resists an invasion by theOttoman Empire.
• Traditional foundation date of theKingdom of Mysorein India, which survives until1950.
• Iugabecomes prince ofMoldavia

Births

• March 16–Xuande Emperorof China (d.1435)
• June 26–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 (or1400)

Deaths

John of Gauntdied3 February

Jadwiga of Polanddied17 July

• January 4–Nicholas Eymerich,Catalan theologian and inquisitor
• February 3–John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster(b.1340)
• March 24–Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk(b. c.1320)
• July 13–Peter Parler,German architect (b.1330)
• July 17– QueenJadwiga of Poland(b.1374)
• August 12–Demetrius I Starshy,Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (b.1327)
• August 15–Ide Pedersdatter Falk,Danish noblewoman (b.1358)
• August 26–Mikhail II,Grand Prince of Tver (b.1333)
• September 22–Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk,Englishpolitician (b.1366)
• October 3–Eleanor de Bohun,English noble (b. c.1366)
• October 5–Raymond of Capua,Italian Dominic friar and venerated Christian (b.1330)
• November 1–John IV, Duke of Brittany(b.1339)
• date unknown
  • Spytek z Melsztyna,Polish nobleman
  • William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire(b.1350)
  • SultanBarquqofEgypt
  • Trần Ngung, former ruler ofTrần dynastyVietnam(forced to commit suicide)
  • Stephen I of Moldavia