1387
Calendar year
Year 1387 (MCCCLXXXVII ) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Events
January–December
January 1 – Charles III ascends to the throne of Navarre , after the death of his father, Charles II .[ 1]
January 5 – John I succeeds his father, Peter IV , as King of Aragon and Valencia , and forms an alliance with France and Castile.
March 11 – Battle of Castagnaro : Padua , led by John Hawkwood , is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona .
March 24 –25 – Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate : The Kingdom of England is victorious over a Franco -Castilian -Flemish fleet .
June 2 – John Holland , a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England , is created Earl of Huntingdon .
August 22 – Olaf , King of Norway and Denmark and claimant to the throne of Sweden, dies. The vacant thrones come under the regency of his mother Margaret I of Denmark , who will soon become queen in her own right.
September 27 – Petru of Moldavia pays homage to Władysław II Jagiełło , making Moldavia a Polish fief (which it will remain until 1497 ).
December 19 – Battle of Radcot Bridge : Forces loyal to Richard II of England are defeated by a group of rebellious barons known as the Lords Appellant . Richard II is imprisoned, until he agrees to replace all the councillors in his court.
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