What Happened in 1389

Major Events

  • Feb 24 Battle at Falköping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden
  • Jun 28 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe. Large losses on both sides including Sultan Murad and Serbian leader Prince Lazar. (NS date)
  • Oct 30 French King Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII

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Who Died in 1389

  • May 19 Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
  • Jun 28 Murad I, Ottoman Sultan, dies in the Battle of Kosovo at 62
  • Oct 15 Urban VI [Bartolomeo Prignano], Italian pope (1378-89), dies
  • Nov 19 Dimitri Ivanovitch "Donskoi", monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39