Who was alive in 1390?
29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1390. 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 1390
- Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453
Geoffrey Chaucer44–49
Ibn Khaldun58
Timur54
Zheng He18–19
Donatello1–6
Jan Hus10–20
Pope Callixtus III11
Henry V of England4
Bayezid I34–38
Pope Eugene IV6–7
Pope Martin V20–22
Christine de Pizan26
Charles VI of France22
Thomas à Kempis7–12
Pope Gregory XII53–57
Władysław II Jagiełło27–28
Richard II of England23- Pope Innocent VII50–54
Henry IV of England23
Mehmed I3–4
Pope Boniface IX33–34
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor22- Andrei Rublev20–30
Filippo Brunelleschi12–13
Hongwu Emperor62- Zeami Motokiyo24–29
Margaret I of Denmark36–37
Manuel II Palaiologos40
Cosimo de' Medici1
Where the people alive in 1390 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Geoffrey Chaucer: London
- Ibn Khaldun: Tunis
- Timur: Shahrisabz
- Zheng He: Kunming
- Donatello: Florence
- Jan Hus: Husinec
- Pope Callixtus III: Torreta de Canals
- Henry V of England: Monmouth Castle
- Bayezid I: Edirne
- Pope Eugene IV: Venice
- Pope Martin V: Genazzano
- Christine de Pizan: Venice
- Charles VI of France: Paris
- Thomas à Kempis: Kempen
- Pope Gregory XII: Venice
- Władysław II Jagiełło: Vilnius
- Richard II of England: Bordeaux
- Pope Innocent VII: Sulmona
- Henry IV of England: Bolingbroke Castle
- Mehmed I: Bursa
- 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
- Cosimo de' Medici: Florence