Historical Events In 1384
Sunday, 05 April 2026
Aug 16 The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong, hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them—a case considered equal to the act of destroying stamped government documents, which by law necessitated one hundred floggings by a bamboo rod. However, the Hongwu Emperor decided to pardon them, seeing as how their intention was not to tear up the money 


Aug 20 Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies. 


Sep 02 Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies 


Sep 20 Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne 


Sep 27 Cosimo de Medici, Italian Patron of the Arts 


Nov 16 Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman 


Dec 31 John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies. 


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