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( MCCCXC ) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar .

Events [ edit ]

January–December [ edit ]

• January 19 – The Treaty of Lyck confirms an alliance between Vytautas and the Teutonic Knights , in the Lithuanian Civil War against Vytautas's cousin, Jogaila .
• April 14 – John VII Palaiologos overthrows his grandfather, John V Palaiologos , as Byzantine Emperor .
• April 19 – Robert III succeeds his father, Robert II , as King of Scotland .
• May 26 – Lithuanian Civil War : The Treaty of Konigsberg is signed in Konigsberg , between Samogitian nobles and representatives of the Teutonic Knights . ^[1]
• September 11 – Lithuanian Civil War : The coalition of Vytautas and the Teutonic Knights begins a 5-week siege of Vilnius . The Duke of Hereford (the future King Henry IV of England ) is among the western European knights serving with the coalition. ^[2]
• September 17 – John VII Palaiologos seeks refuge with the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I , after John V Palaiologos is restored by his son, Manuel , and the Republic of Venice .
• October 9 – Henry III succeeds his father, John I , as King of Castile and Leon .

Date unknown [ edit ]

• Fall of Philadelphia
  • The Ottomans take Philadelphia , the last Byzantine enclave of any significance in Anatolia .
• Barquq is restored as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt , after overthrowing Sultan Hadji II.
• Nasir ud din Muhammad Shah III overthrows his brother, Abu Bakr Shah , as Sultan of Delhi .
• Manuel III succeeds his father, Alexios III , as Emperor of Trebizond (now north eastern Turkey ).
• Sikandar But-shikan succeeds Sikandar Shah, as Sultan of Kashmir .
• Ko Cheng succeeds Che Bong Nga , as King of Champa (now eastern Vietnam ).
• Mahmud succeeds Sandaki as Mansa of the Mali Empire , restoring the Keita dynasty .
• N'Diklam Sare succeeds Sare N'Dyaye, as ruler of the Jolof Empire (now part of Senegal ).
• The Kingdom of Kaffa is established in present day Ethiopia (approximate date).
• Templo Mayor , the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City ), is built.
• The Candi Surawana Temple is built in the Majapahit Kingdom (now Indonesia ).
• Construction begins on San Petronio Basilica in Bologna .

Births [ edit ]

• October 3 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (d. 1447 )
• December 27 – Anne de Mortimer , claimant to the English throne (d. 1411 )
• date unknown
  • Moctezuma I , Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, son of Huitzilihuitl (d. 1469 ) ^[3]
• probable
  • John Dunstaple , English composer (d. 1453 )
  • Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson , Swedish statesman and rebel leader (d. 1436 )
  • Contessina de' Bardi , politically active Florentine woman (d. 1473 )
  • Jan van Eyck , Flemish painter (d. 1441 )

Deaths [ edit ]

• January 26 – Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel (b.c 1327 )
• February 16 – Rupert I, Elector Palatine (b. 1309 )
• March 20 – Alexios III Megas Komnenos , Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1338 )
• April 19 – King Robert II of Scotland (b. 1316 )
• July 8 – Albert of Saxony , Bishop of Halberstadt and German philosopher (b. c.  1320 )
• August 14 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel , English soldier (b. 1364 )
• September 23 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346 )
• October 9 – King John I of Castile ( fall from a horse ) (b. 1358 )
• September – Towtiwil , Prince of Black Ruthenia
• date unknown
  • Sandaki Mari Djata , Mansa of the Mali Empire
  • Keratsa of Bulgaria , Byzantine empress consort
  • Sa'ad al-Din Masud ibn Umar ibn Abd Allah al-Taftazani , Ilkhanate polymath (b. 1322 )
• probable – Altichiero , Italian painter (b. 1330 )

References [ edit ]