1392
Years:
1389 1390 1391 - 1392 - 1393 1394 1395Decades:
1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420sCenturies:
13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Events
- December 16 - Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, ending the nanboku-cho period of competing imperial courts
- James of Jülich is boiled alive for pretending to be a bishop and ordaining his own priests
- Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye leads a Coup d'état, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon
- Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey is conquered by Sultan Beyazid I
- Louis de Valois is created the 1st Duke of Orléans, the second time this title was created
- Erfurt University is founded in Erfurt, central Germany
Births
- February 3 - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (died 1455)
- Alain Chartier, French poet and political writer (approximate date; died c. 1430)
- Flavio Biondo, Italian humanist and historian (died 1463)
- John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (died 1432)
- Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (died 1447)
Deaths
- Abbot Methodius of Peshnosha, Eastern Orthodox saint
- Jeong Mong-ju, Goryeo diplomat and poet (born 1337)