A brother of Emperor Wenceslaus, Sigismund, becomes king of Hungary.
Birth of Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietri), the great friar-painter.
1388. Battle of Otterburne (Chevy Chase); an English-Scotch encounter in a private feud, not a national quarrel; the Earl of Douglas slain; Henry Percy captured by the Scots.
At Naefels the Austrians are defeated by the Swiss.
1389. Bulgaria and Servia conquered by the Turks under Amurath I at the decisive battle of Kosovo; he is slain.
Death of Pope Urban VI; Boniface succeeds; the schism continues.
Albert, King of Sweden, defeated and made prisoner by Queen Margaret, who reigns over the three Scandinavian kingdoms.
1390. War of Florence with Milan.
Robert III ascends the throne of Scotland.
1392. Fits of insanity seize the young King of France, Charles VI; cards are invented, or introduced, to amuse him during his lucid intervals.