In the year 1380,  Olaf II of Denmark also becomes Olaf IV of Norway, thus also ruling over Iceland and the Faroe Islands (Feb), Caucer begins to write his greatest work, The Canterbury Tales, the last islands of Polynesia are discovered and inhabited - and all these fine people were born:

1380-xxxx Johann Schiltberger* German traveller/writer - Freising or Munich, Holy Roman Empire (1440/c.60)

1380-0211 Poggio Bracciolini* scholar/humanist - Terranuova, Republic of Florence (1459/79)

1381-1013 Thomas Fitzalan* 5th Earl of Arundel* - England (1415/34)

1382-xxxx Eric of Pomerania* King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway/later Duke of Pomerania - Rügenwalde, Pommern (1459/c. 77)

1382-0125 Richard Beauchamp* 13th Earl of Warwick/military commander - Salwarpe Court, Worcestershire, England (1439/57) or 28th

1383-0430 Anne of Gloucester* countess/granddaughter of King Edward III - Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (1438/55)
1383-0904 Amadeus VIII* Duke of Savoy/Antipope Felix V - Chambéry, France (1451/67)

1384-08xx Anthony, Duke of Brabant* - Holy Roman Empire (1415/31)

1385-0815 Richard de Vere* 11th Earl of Oxford/military commander - Hedingham Castle, Essex, England (1417/31)

In the year 1386, the University of Heidelberg is founded (Oct 18).

1386-0312 Ashikaga Yoshimochi* 足利 義持 the 4th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate - Japan (1428/41)
1386-0624 John of Capistrano* Italian saint - Capestrano, Kingdom of Naples (1456/70)

1387-0706 Blanche I of Navarre* Queen of Navarre and Sicily - Pamplona, Spain (1441/53)

1388-xxxx Juliana Berners* nun/writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting - England
1388-0914 Claudius Clavus* geographer/cartographer - Salling, Denmark (14xx)

1388-1227 Anne de Mortimer* noblewoman/ grandmother of kings Edward IV and Richard III - England (1411/22)

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Updated 16.7.2022

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