Calendar year
Year 1386 (MCCCLXXXVI common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Events
February 24 – Elizabeth of Bosnia , the mother of the overthrown Queen Mary of Hungary and Croatia , arranges the assassination of Charles III of Naples , the ruler of Hungary , Naples , Achaea and Croatia, with the result that:
Mary is reinstated as Queen of Hungary and Croatia.
Charles' son, Ladislaus , becomes King of Naples.
A period of interregnum begins in Achaea, lasting until 1396 . The rule of Achaea is sought by numerous pretenders, none of whom can be considered to have reigned. March 4 – Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila (having been baptised on February 15 in Wawel Cathedral , Kraków , and on February 18 married Jadwiga , 12-year-old queen regnant of Poland) is crowned Władysław II Jagiełło , King of Poland , beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty .May 9 – King John I of Portugal and King Richard II of England ratify the Treaty of Windsor .[ 1] May 20 – Earliest recorded mention of the city of Pitești , in modern-day Romania.July 9 – Battle of Sempach : The Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule.July – John of Gaunt leaves England to make good his claim to the throne of Castile by right of his second marriage to Constanza of Castile in 1371 .September 23 – Dan I of Wallachia (modern-day southern Romania ) is killed in battle against the Bulgarians and is succeeded by Mircea the Elder , one of the greatest rulers of Wallachia.October 18 – Heidelberg University (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ), the oldest in Germany , is founded at the behest of Rupert I, Elector Palatine , by charter of Pope Urban VI .November 21 – Timur's invasions of Georgia : Timurid dynasty Turco-Mongol leader Timur captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi , taking King Bagrat V prisoner.
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