Year 1383 (MCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
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January–December
- May 17 – King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal.
- July 7 – James of Baux, ruler of Taranto and Achaea, and last titular Latin Emperor, dies childless. As a result:
- Charles III of Naples becomes ruler of Achaea (modern-day southern Greece).
- Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, the widower of Joanna I of Naples, becomes ruler of Taranto (eastern Italy).
- Louis I, Duke of Anjou inherits the claim to the Latin Empire (western Turkey), but never uses the title of Emperor.
- October 22 – King Fernando I of Portugal dies, and is succeeded by his daughter, Beatrice of Portugal. A period of civil war and anarchy, known as the 1383âÂÂ85 Crisis, begins in Portugal, due to Beatrice being married to King John I of Castile and Leon.
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