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{{C14 year in topic}}[[File:Antipope Benedict XIII.jpg|thumb|Consecration of Benedict XIII.]]Year '''1394''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXCIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
=== January–December ===
* [[February 28]] – [[Richard II of England]] grants [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] 20 pounds a year for life, for his services as a diplomat and Clerk of The King's Works.<ref>{{cite book|author=Geoffrey Chaucer|title=The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer|url=https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksge04morrgoog|year=1866|publisher=Bell and Daldy|pages=[https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksge04morrgoog/page/n63 37]}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] – The [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] take over possession of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]], from Despot [[Theodore I Palaiologos]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Manuel II Palaeologus (Emperor of the East)|title=Manuel II Palaeologus: Funeral Oration on His Brother Theodore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ImpoAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Association for Byzantine Research|page=19}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] – King [[Charles VI of France]] orders the expulsion of all Jews from [[Kingdom of France|France]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Zosa Szajkowski|author2=Soza Szajkowski|title=Jews and the French Revolutions of 1789, 1830 and 1848|url=https://archive.org/details/jewsfrenchrevolu0000szaj|url-access=registration|year=1970|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.|isbn=978-0-87068-000-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/jewsfrenchrevolu0000szaj/page/220 220]}}</ref>
* [[September 28]] – [[Antipope Benedict XIII]] is elected to succeed [[Antipope Clement VII]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir Frederick Dixon HARTLAND|title=A chronological dictionary or index to the genealogical chart, etc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEJfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA14|year=1854|pages=14}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – [[Battle of Karanovasa]]: [[Wallachia]] (now southern [[Romania]]) resists an invasion by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]s, and their [[Serb]] and [[Bulgaria]]n vassals.<ref>{{cite book|author=Vladislav Boskovic|title=Some Notes on Marko Kraljevic (Prince Marko)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlPX-0pvkFcC&pg=PP3|date=3 July 2009|publisher=GRIN Verlag|isbn=978-3-640-36481-7|pages=3}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] – The capital city of the [[Joseon dynasty]] (in present-day Korea) is moved from Gaegyeong (now [[Gaeseong]]) to Hanseong (now [[Seoul]]).
* [[December 6]] – The [[Astronomical clock, St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund|astronomical clock of St. Nicholas Church in Stralsund]] is finished and signed by [[Nikolaus Lilienfeld]].

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]s conquer [[Thessaly]] (now eastern Greece) and begin an eight-year siege of [[Constantinople]], in the [[Byzantine Empire]]. In the same year, they begin building the [[Anadoluhisarı]] fortress to defend themselves during the siege.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Cleave|title=Istanbul: City of Two Continents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kM46fjXmxjMC&pg=PA10|year=2008|publisher=Editions Didier Millet|isbn=978-981-4217-52-1|pages=10}}</ref>
* [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]] retires as ''[[shōgun]]'' of Japan, and is succeeded by his son, [[Ashikaga Yoshimochi]].
* [[Gyeongbokgung]] Palace and the [[Jongmyo (Seoul)|Jongmyo]] royal ancestral shrine are built in Hanseong (now [[Seoul]]).
* After the death of Sultan Mahmud II, civil war breaks out in the [[Delhi Sultanate]], splitting the state between east and west.
* [[Battle of Ros-Mhic-Thriúin]]: The Kingdom of [[Leinster]], led by King Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, defeats an invading army from England, led by King [[Richard II of England]] and [[Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March]].
* [[Stephen I of Moldavia|Ştefan I]] succeeds [[Roman I of Moldavia|Roman I]], as Prince of [[Moldavia]] (now [[Moldova]] and eastern [[Romania]]). 
* Abu Zayyan II succeeds his brother, Abul Hadjdjadj I, as ruler of the [[Abdalwadid]] dynasty in present-day eastern [[Algeria]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Anuario de estudios medievales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ShpAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Instituto de Historia Medieval de España|page=157}}</ref>
* Abd al-Aziz II succeeds Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II, as ruler of the [[Hafsid dynasty]] in present-day [[Tunisia]].<ref>{{cite book
  |last =  Fossier
  |first = Robert
  |author2=Jacques Verger |author3=Robert Mantran |author4=Catherine Asdracha |author5=Charles de La Roncière
   |title = Storia del medioevo III: Il tempo delle crisi (1250–1520)
  |publisher =  Giulio Einaudi editore
  |year = 1987
  |isbn =  88-06-58404-9
  |page = 368
  }}</ref>
* The [[Allgäuer Brauhaus]] brewery is founded in present-day Germany.<ref>{{cite book|title=Adressbuch ... 8960 Kempten, Allgäu: bearb. nach d. amtl. Unterlagen d. Stadtverwaltung u. eigenen Erhebungen d. Verl. 1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7JjYpo3b4kC|publisher=Bleicher|page=26}}</ref>
* The [[Hongwu Emperor]] of the [[Ming dynasty]] in China orders the Ministry of Public Works to issue a public notice, that every 100 households in the ''lijia'' system are to set aside 2 ''mu'' (1,390 m<sup>2</sup>) of land, for planting [[mulberry]] and [[jujube]] trees.

== Births ==
* [[March 4]] – [[Prince Henry the Navigator]], Portuguese patron of exploration (d. [[1460]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Henry Major|title=The Discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator, and Their Results; Being the Narrative of the Discovery by Sea, Within One Century, of More Than Half the World|url=https://archive.org/details/discoveriesprin00majogoog|year=1877|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington|pages=[https://archive.org/details/discoveriesprin00majogoog/page/n395 20]}}</ref>
* [[June 4]] – [[Philippa of England]], Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. [[1430]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=370 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA370 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]], Japanese ''[[shōgun]]'' (d. [[1441]])
* [[July 25]] – [[James I of Scotland]] (d. [[1437]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gordon Donaldson|author2=Robert S. Morpeth|title=Who's who in Scottish history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSIOAQAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Blackwell|page=33|isbn=9780631147008}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] – [[Charles, Duke of Orléans]], French poet (d. [[1465]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Ansgar Kelly|title=Chaucer and the Cult of Saint Valentine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_bqdZbKPztMC&pg=PA146|year=1986|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-07849-5|pages=146}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Ulugh Beg]], [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] ruler and astronomer (d. [[1449]])
** [[Ikkyū]], Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet (d. [[1481]])
** [[Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk]] (d. [[1415]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Court of Chancery|title=Inquisitions Post Mortem Relating to Yorkshire: Of the Reigns of Henry IV and Henry V.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgQAgkbO_doC|year=1918|publisher=Society|page=112}}</ref>
* ''probable'' – [[Cymburgis of Masovia]], Duchess of Austria

== Deaths ==
* [[June 25]] – [[Dorothea of Montau]], German [[hermitess]] (b. [[1347]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=André Vauchez|author2=Michael Lapidge|title=Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages: A-J|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejQOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Incorporated|page=448|isbn=9781579582821}}</ref>
* [[March 17]] – [[Louis, Count of Enghien]], Count of Conversano and Brienne
* [[March 24]] – [[Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster|Constance of Castile]], claimant to the throne of [[Crown of Castile|Castile]]
* [[June 4]] – [[Mary de Bohun]], English countess, married to [[Henry IV of England]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA352|publisher=Douglas Richardson|isbn=978-1-4610-4513-7|pages=352}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] – [[Anne of Bohemia]], queen of [[Richard II of England]] (plague) (b. [[1366]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrew |first1=M. |title=The Palgrave Literary Dictionary of Chaucer |date=2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9780230273962 |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LhsCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA11|language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 27]] – [[Emperor Chōkei]] of [[Japan]] (b. [[1343]])
* [[September 16]] – [[Antipope Clement VII]] (b. [[1342]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Clement (VII) {{!}} antipope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-VII-antipope |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 28]] – [[Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina]], basilissa of Epirus (b. [[1350]]) 
* ''date unknown''
** [[John Hawkwood]], English mercenary (b. [[1320]])
** [[Fazlallah Astarabadi]], Persian founder of the mystical [[Hurufism]] sect (executed)
** Sultan [[Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq|Mahmud II]] of the [[Delhi Sultanate]]
** Former King [[Gongyang of Goryeo]] (b. [[1345]])

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