1383

1383 (MCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1383rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 383rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 14th century, and the 4th year of the 1380s decade. As of the start of 1383, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1350s  1360s  1370s  – 1380s –  1390s  1400s  1410s
Years:	1380 1381 1382 – 1383 – 1384 1385 1386

1383 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1383 MCCCLXXXIII
Ab urbe condita	2136
Armenian calendar	832 ԹՎ ՊԼԲ
Assyrian calendar	6133
Balinese saka calendar	1304–1305
Bengali calendar	790
Berber calendar	2333
English Regnal year	6 Ric. 2 – 7 Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar	1927
Burmese calendar	745
Byzantine calendar	6891–6892
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4079 or 4019     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4080 or 4020
Coptic calendar	1099–1100
Discordian calendar	2549
Ethiopian calendar	1375–1376
Hebrew calendar	5143–5144
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1439–1440
- Shaka Samvat	1304–1305
- Kali Yuga	4483–4484
Holocene calendar	11383
Igbo calendar	383–384
Iranian calendar	761–762
Islamic calendar	784–785
Japanese calendar	Eitoku 3 (永徳３年)
Javanese calendar	1296–1297
Julian calendar	1383 MCCCLXXXIII
Korean calendar	3716
Minguo calendar	529 before ROC 民前529年
Nanakshahi calendar	−85
Thai solar calendar	1925–1926
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1509 or 1128 or 356     — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1510 or 1129 or 357

Events

• January 22 – Marriage of King Richard II of England and Anne of Bohemia.
• May 17 – King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal
• July 7 – Death of the childless James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea and titular Latin Emperor.
  • Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (now southern Greece).
  • Otto, the widower of Joan I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (now eastern Italy).
  • Duke Louis I of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire (now western Turkey) but never uses the title of Emperor.
• October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice of Portugal. A period of civil war and anarchy, known as the 1383-1385 Crisis, begins in Portugal due to Beatrice being married to the King John I of Castile and Leon.
• The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
• Rao Chanda succeeds Rao Biram Dev as Rathore ruler of Marwar (now in western India).
• Löwenbräu beer is first brewed.
• Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep temple is built in present-day Thailand by King Kuena of Lanna.
• Construction of the Bastille is completed in Paris.

Births

• Amadeus VIII of Savoy (died 1451)
• Yolande of Aragon, regent of Anjou (died 1443)
• Pope Eugene IV (died 1447)
• Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (died 1438)

Deaths

• March 1 – Amadeus VI of Savoy (born 1334)
• June 5 – Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
• June 8 – Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (born 1338)
• June 15 – John VI Cantacuzenus, former Byzantine Emperor
• October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal (born 1345)