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1386
 
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John I, newly victorious in Portugal, proposes an alliance with England which has never been revoked      
1386
 
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A clock, designed only to strike the hours, is installed in Salisbury cathedral and is still working today      
1386
 
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Jadwiga, 12-year-old queen of Poland, marries Jogaila, her 34-year-old pagan neighbour - uniting the crowns of Poland and Lithuania       
1386
 
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Jogaila, baptized a Roman Catholic before marrying Jadwiga, brings Lithuania into the Christian fold - the last part of Europe to be converted       
1387
 
   
The Lords Appellant, a group of powerful barons, make political demands on Richard II and defeat the king's forces at Radcot Bridge, near Oxford      
1387
 
   
Henry is one of the Lords Appellant, who are led by his uncle the Duke of Gloucester      
c. 1387
 
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Chaucer begins an ambitious scheme for 100 Canterbury Tales, of which he completes only 24 by the time of his death      
Geoffrey Chaucer, after unknown artist, c.1400
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1389
 
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Victory at Kosovo gives the Ottoman Turks control over Serbia, which becomes a vassal state       
1389
 
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With a victory near Falköping, Margaret becomes regent of Sweden as well as Denmark and Norway      
1389
 
    
After two years, in which the Lords Appellant have been in the ascendant, John of Gaunt helps Richard II gradually to recover his authority as king