1383

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

1383 in various 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) 4080 or 3873     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4081 or 3874
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

Year 1383 (MCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• May 17 – King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal.
• July 7 – The childless James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea, and last titular Latin Emperor, dies. As a result:
  • Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (now southern Greece).
  • Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, the widower of Joanna I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (now eastern Italy).
  • Louis I, Duke 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 1383–85 Crisis, begins in Portugal, due to Beatrice being married to King John I of Castile and Leon.

Date unknown

• Dan I succeeds his father as Prince of Wallachia. He is the ancestor of the House of Dăneşti.
• 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.
• Completion of the original inner courtyard of Farleigh Hungerford Castle in Somersetshire, England.
• The Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Temple is built in present-day Thailand, by King Kuena of Lanna.
• Construction of the Bastille is completed in Paris, France.

Births

• April 30 – Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1438)
• September 4 – Antipope Felix V (d. 1451)
• November 9 – Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (d. 1441)
• date unknown
  • Pope Eugene IV (d. 1447)
  • Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (d. 1451)

Deaths

• March 1 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (b. 1334)
• March 3 – Hugh III of Arborea
• June 5 – Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
• June 8 – Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)
• June 15 – John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1292)
• July 7   James of Baux, titular Latin Emperor
• October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
• December 7 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337)
• December 23 – Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1320)
• date unknown
  • Radu I, Prince of Wallachia