Year 1386 (MCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
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January–December
- February 13 – The Republic of Venice takes control of the island of Corfu.
- February 15 – Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania is baptized at Wawel Cathedral, Krakówafter converting to Christianity.
- February 18 – Grand Duke Jogaila marries the 12-year old queen of Poland, Jadwiga.
- February 24 – Elizabeth of Bosnia, the mother of the overthrown Queen Mary of Hungary and Croatia, arranges the assassination of Charles III of Naples, the ruler of Hungary, Naples, Achaea and Croatia, with the result that:
- Mary is reinstated as Queen of Hungary and Croatia.
- Charles' son, Ladislaus, becomes King of Naples.
- A period of interregnum begins in Achaea, lasting until 1396. The rule of Achaea is sought by numerous pretenders, none of whom can be considered to have reigned.
- March 4 – Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania is crowned WÃ
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Âaw II JagieÃ
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Âo, King of Poland, beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty.
- May 9 – King John I of Portugal and King Richard II of England ratify the Treaty of Windsor.
- May 20 – Earliest recorded mention of the city of PiteÃÂti, in modern-day Romania.
- July 9 – Battle of Sempach: The Swiss safeguard independence from Habsburg rule.
- July 25 – Elizabeth of Bosnia, mother of Queen Jadwiga of Poland is kidnapped by Croatian rebels at Gorjani, along with Jadwiga's sister, Queen consort Mary of Hungary Mary, when they are ambushed by John Horvat and his men while traviling to Dakovo. Nicholas I Garai, who had accompanied Elizabeth and Mary, is murdered and his severed head is sent by the rebels to Margaret of Durazzo, the former Queen consort of Hungary and Naples, as proof that the murderers of her husband King Charles III, have been captured.
- July – John of Gaunt leaves England to make good his claim to the throne of Castile by right of his second marriage to Constanza of Castile in 1371.
- September 23 – Dan I of Wallachia (modern-day southern Romania) is killed in battle against the Bulgarians and is succeeded by Mircea the Elder, one of the greatest rulers of Wallachia.
- October 18 – Heidelberg University (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg), the oldest in Germany, is founded at the behest of Rupert I, Elector Palatine, by charter of Pope Urban VI.
- November 21 – Timur's invasions of Georgia: Timurid dynasty Turco-Mongol leader Timur captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V prisoner.
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