1387

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1360s 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s
Years:	1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 1389 1390

1387 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1387 MCCCLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2140
Armenian calendar	836 ԹՎ ՊԼԶ
Assyrian calendar	6137
Balinese saka calendar	1308–1309
Bengali calendar	794
Berber calendar	2337
English Regnal year	10 Ric. 2 – 11 Ric. 2
Buddhist calendar	1931
Burmese calendar	749
Byzantine calendar	6895–6896
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4084 or 3877     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4085 or 3878
Coptic calendar	1103–1104
Discordian calendar	2553
Ethiopian calendar	1379–1380
Hebrew calendar	5147–5148
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1443–1444
- Shaka Samvat	1308–1309
- Kali Yuga	4487–4488
Holocene calendar	11387
Igbo calendar	387–388
Iranian calendar	765–766
Islamic calendar	788–789
Japanese calendar	Shitoku 4 / Kakei 1 (嘉慶元年)
Javanese calendar	1300–1301
Julian calendar	1387 MCCCLXXXVII
Korean calendar	3720
Minguo calendar	525 before ROC 民前525年
Nanakshahi calendar	−81
Thai solar calendar	1929–1930
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1513 or 1132 or 360     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1514 or 1133 or 361

Year 1387 (MCCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• Elizabeta Kotromanic, mother of Mary, Queen of Hungary and the regent of Hungary, is murdered in prison by the Croatian rebels (her daughter is liberated on 4 June).

• January 1 – Charles III ascends to the throne of Navarre, after the death of his father, Charles II.
• January 5 – John I succeeds his father, Peter IV, as King of Aragon and Valencia, and forms an alliance with France and Castile.
• March 11 – Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona.
• March 24–25 – Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate: The Kingdom of England is victorious over a Franco-Castilian-Flemish fleet.
• June 2 – John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon.
• August 22 – Olaf, King of Norway and Denmark and claimant to the throne of Sweden, dies. The vacant thrones come under the regency of his mother Margaret I of Denmark, who will soon become queen in her own right.
• September 27 – Petru of Moldavia pays homage to Władysław II Jagiełło, making Moldavia a Polish fief (which it will remain until 1497).
• December 19 – Battle of Radcot Bridge: Forces loyal to Richard II of England are defeated by a group of rebellious barons known as the Lords Appellant. Richard II is imprisoned, until he agrees to replace all the councillors in his court.

Date unknown

• Timur conquers the Muzaffarid Empire in central Persia, and appoints three puppet rulers.
• Khan Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde invades the Timurid Empire, but has to withdraw soon after, due to heavy snow.
• Maghan II succeeds his brother, Musa II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire

Births

• July 6 – Queen Blanche I of Navarre (d. 1441)
• date unknown – Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard, regent of Württemberg (d. 1444)

Deaths

• January – Elizabeth of Bosnia, regent of Hungary
• January 1 – King Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
• January 6 – Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
• July 20 – Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (poisoned) (b. 1356)
• July 22 – Frans Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
• August 23 – King Olaf IV of Norway/Olaf II of Denmark (b. 1370)
• date unknown
  • Richard Óg Burke, second Clanricarde of Ireland
  • Sir David Hanmer, Welsh judge, father-in-law of Owain Glyndŵr