1387

1387 (MCCCLXXXVII) was a common year beginning on a Tuesday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

Events

• For the first time in England, Canterbury Tales.
• In the kingdom of Aragon John I is crowned as king.
• Montblanch, Capital of the Barberá Basin (Province of Tarragona, Spain) is declared Vila Ducal.
• Norway loses its royal blood line, which would later cause its annexation to Denmark.

Births

• August 9: Henry V, English king.
• Juan Hunyadi, both military and political.

Deaths

• 1 January: Charles II, king of Navarre between 1350 and 1387.
• 5 January: Peter IV, king of Aragon.
• García Fernández de Villagarcía, Master of the Order of Santiago between 1385 and 1387.
• Alano VII, Viscount of Rohan.
• Saiana, Indian scholar.