Major Events
- May 30 English peasant uprising begins in Essex
- Jun 12 Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath
- Jun 14 Richard II in England meets leaders of the Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
- Jul 15 John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hung, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England
Born in 1381
- Jan 13 Saint Colette of Corbie, French abbess and reformer (Poor Clares), born in Corbie, County of Amiens, Duchy of Burgundy (d. 1447)
- Jul 1 St. Laurence Justinian [Lorenzo Giustiniani], Italian catholic bishop and 1st Patriarch of Venice, born in Venice, Republic of Venice (d. 1456)
Who Died in 1381
- Mar 24 Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint
- May 13 John of Chatillon, Count of Blois, dies
- May 15 Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
- Jun 14 Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1375-81) and Chancellor, beheaded during the Peasants' Revolt
- Jun 15 John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England
More 1381 Deaths
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V