1390S

Events and Trends

• Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a coup d'tat, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan

• Richard Whittington aka Dick Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London
• John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset

• Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed
• Construction of the Stecknitz Canal as one of the oldest artificial waterways of the world
• Timur arrived on the bank of the Indus River, and proceeded to sack Delhi

Births

• King Duarte of Portugal (†1438)
• Gedun Drub, the first Dalai Lama

• Prince Henry the Navigator, explorer (+ 1460).
• Ulugh Beg, Timurid astronomer.

• King Sejong the Great of Joseon, the humane scientist ruler of Korea
• August 10 - Albert II of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Deaths

• Emperor Chokei of Japan
• Anne of Bohemia

• Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders.
• Hongwu Emperor of China, founder of the Ming Dynasty.

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