Who was alive in 1381?
28 of the people we track were surely alive in 1381. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.
Events in 1381
- Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453
Geoffrey Chaucer35–40
Ibn Khaldun49
Hafez53–58
Timur45
Zheng He9–10
Jan Hus1–11
Pope Callixtus III2
Bayezid I25–29
John Wycliffe51–61
Pope Martin V11–13
Christine de Pizan17
Charles VI of France13
Murad I55
Pope Urban VI60–65
Pope Gregory XII44–48
Władysław II Jagiełło18–19
Richard II of England14- Pope Innocent VII41–45
Henry IV of England14
Pope Boniface IX24–25
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor13- Andrei Rublev11–21
Filippo Brunelleschi3–4
Hongwu Emperor53- Zeami Motokiyo15–20
Margaret I of Denmark27–28
Manuel II Palaiologos31
Dmitry Donskoy31
Where the people alive in 1381 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Geoffrey Chaucer: London
- Ibn Khaldun: Tunis
- Hafez: Shiraz
- Timur: Shahrisabz
- Zheng He: Kunming
- Jan Hus: Husinec
- Pope Callixtus III: Torreta de Canals
- Bayezid I: Edirne
- John Wycliffe: Hipswell
- Pope Martin V: Genazzano
- Christine de Pizan: Venice
- Charles VI of France: Paris
- Murad I: Bursa
- Pope Urban VI: Itri
- Pope Gregory XII: Venice
- Władysław II Jagiełło: Vilnius
- Richard II of England: Bordeaux
- Pope Innocent VII: Sulmona
- Henry IV of England: Bolingbroke Castle
- Pope Boniface IX: Naples
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
- Andrei Rublev: Grand Principality of Moscow
- Filippo Brunelleschi: Florence
- Hongwu Emperor: Fengyang County
- Zeami Motokiyo: Iga Province
- Margaret I of Denmark: Søborg Castle
- Manuel II Palaiologos: Constantinople
- Dmitry Donskoy: Moscow