1381

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Years: 1378 1379 1380 - 1381 - 1382 1383 1384
Decades: 1350s 1360s 1370s - 1380s - 1390s 1400s 1410s
Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

1381 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments

**1381 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1381 MCCCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2134
Armenian calendar	830 ԹՎ ՊԼ
Chinese calendar	4077 – 4078 庚申 – 辛酉
Ethiopian calendar	1373 – 1374
Hebrew calendar	5141 – 5142
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1436 – 1437
- Shaka Samvat	1303 – 1304
- Kali Yuga	4482 – 4483
Iranian calendar	759 – 760
Islamic calendar	783 – 784

[edit] Events

June 12 - Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels from Kent and Essex, lead by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, meet at Blackheath. There the rebels are encouraged by a sermon by renegade priest, John Ball.
June 14 - Rebels destroy John of Gaunt's Savoy Palace and storm the Tower of London, killing the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor. King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants Revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of serfdom.
June 15 - During further negotiations, Wat Tyler is murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army. The rebel leaders are eventually captured and executed and Richard II revokes his concessions.
- The revolt is discussed in John Gower's Vox Clamantis and Froissart's Chronicles.
Kęstutis overthrows his nephew, Jogaila, as Grand Duke of Lithuania. Jogaila is allowed to remain as governor of eastern Lithuania.
Due to Joan I of Naples' support for Antipope Clement VII, Pope Urban VI bestows Naples upon Charles of Durazzo. With the help of the Hungarians, Charles advances on Naples and captures Joan.
James of Baux, the ruler of Taranto and the Latin Empire, claims the Principality of Achaea after the imprisonment of Joan I of Naples.
Sonam Drakpa deposes Drakpa Changchub as ruler of Tibet.
Hajji I succeeds Alah-ad-Din Ali as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt. The Egyptian government continues to be controlled by rebel leader, Berkuk.
After a naval battle, Venice wins the three year War of Chioggia against Genoa. The Genoans are permanantly weakened by the conflict.
Timur conquers east Persia, ending the rule of the Sarbadar Dynasty.