September 29 : King Richard II of England , taken prisoner by the rebel Henry Bolingbroke , abdicates and presents his crown to the new King Henry IV.Calendar year
Henry IV of England Year 1399 (MCCCXCIX common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar .
Events
July 4 – While Richard II of England is away on a military campaign in Ireland , Henry Bolingbroke , with exiled former archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Arundel as an advisor, returns to England and begins a military campaign to reclaim his confiscated lands.[ 9] July 10 – Ladislaus regains the throne of the Kingdom of Naples , after King Louis II of Anjou and his army have left the city to suppress a rebllion in Apulia .[ 10] July 17 – Władysław II Jagiełło becomes sole ruler of Poland , after the death of his co-ruling wife, Queen Jadwiga .[ 11] August 6 – Prince of Yan (Zhu Di ) of China starts a rebellion, the Jingnan campaign in Beijing against his nephew, the Emperor Zhu Yunwen , after two of Zhu Di’s officials are arrested for “subversive activity”.[ 12] August 12 – At the Battle of the Vorskla River , Golden Horde forces, led by Mongol Khan Temür Qutlugh and Emir Edigu , annihilate a crusading army led by former Golden Horde Khan Tokhtamysh , and Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania .. [ 13] [ 14] August 19 – Richard II of England is taken prisoner by Henry Bolingbroke upon his return from Ireland and surrenders at Flint Castle in return for his life.[ 15] September 1 – Richard II, though still nominally the King of England, is imprisoned by Henry Bolingbroke at the Tower of London .[ 16] September 30 – King Richard II of England surrenders his crown to Henry Bolingbroke at an assembly of the House of Lords at Westminster Hall in London, where articles of desposition are read to him by the Archbishop of Canterbury. King Richard abdicates, and the Lords proclaim Bolingbroke as King Henry IV.[ 17]
October 13 – Henry Bolingborke is crowned as King Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey .[ 18] October 19 – Thomas Arundel is formally restored as Archbishop of Canterbury by King Henry, replacing Roger Walden , who had been installed by King Richard II upon Arundel’s dismissal in 1397 .[ 19] [ 20] November 1 – At Nantes , Jean V of the House of Montfort begins his reign of 43 years as the Duke of Brittany (Bretagne), an independent duchy that is now part of France, upon the death of his father, Jean IV .[ 21] November 28 – At Suceava (now in Romania), Iuga Voda Ologul becomes prince of Moldavia [ 22] December 10 – Manuel II Palaiologos , The Emperor of Byzantium , departs from Constantinople along with French General Jean II Le Maingre (known as Boucicaut) and a ships of the Venetian navy on a diplomatic mission to obtain military aid , traveling first to the Republic of Venice to negotiate with the Doge Antonio Venier .[ 23]
Date unknown
Births
Deaths
John of Gaunt died 3 February Jadwiga of Poland died 17 July January 4 – Nicholas Eymerich , Catalan theologian and inquisitorFebruary 3 – John of Gaunt , 1st Duke of Lancaster, English prince (b. 1340 )[ 24] March 24 – Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (b. c. 1320 )July 13 – Peter Parler , German architect (b. 1330 )July 17 – King Jadwiga 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 , English politician (b. 1366 )October 3 – Eleanor de Bohun , English noble (b. c.1366 )[ 25] October 5 – Raymond of Capua , Italian Dominic friar and venerated Christian (b. 1330 )November 1 – John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339 )date unknown
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