1387

Years: 1384 1385 1386 - 1387 - 1388 1389 1390

Decades: 1350s 1360s 1370s - 1380s - 1390s 1400s 1410s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

• June 2 - John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon.
• August 23 - Olaf IV of Norway/ Olaf III of Denmark dies. The vacant thrones come under the Regency of his mother Margaret I of Denmark who would soon become Queen in her own right.
• December 19 - Battle of Radcot Bridge: forces loyal to Richard II defeated by Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby.
• Geoffrey Chaucer begins writing The Canterbury Tales.
• Queen Margaret I of Denmark accession to the throne.

Births

• August 9 - King Henry V of England (died 1422)
• September 8 - King Charles III of Navarre (died 1425)
• Iizasa Ienao, Japanese swordsman (approximate date; died 1488)
• Isabella of Valois, Princess of France (died 1410)

Deaths

• July 22 - Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (born 1330)
• August 23 - Olaf IV of Norway/Olaf III of Denmark (born 1370)
• Peter IV of Aragon (born 1319)
• Richard Og Burke, second Clanricarde
• Peter de la Mare, English politician
• King Charles II of Navarre (born 1332)