1396

Years: 1393 1394 1395 - 1396 - 1397 1398 1399

Decades: 1360s 1370s 1380s - 1390s - 1400s 1410s 1420s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

• September 25 - Bayazid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers at the Battle of Nikopol.
• The Ottomans capture the Bdin (Vidin) Empire, the only remaining independent Bulgarian state.

Births

• July 31 - Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (died 1467)
• Alfonso V of Aragon (died 1458)
• John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros (died 1421)
• Elizabeth Gousell, English noblewoman (died 1491)
• Ambroise de Lore, baron of Ivry in Normandy (died 1446)
• William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (died 1450)

Deaths

• July 31 - William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury
• November 29 - Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme (born 1373)
• John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (born 1361)