History
1396
General
Population: 372 Million*
Europe
- General: Richard II of England marries Isabella of France (age 7) at Calais – Anglo-French truce extended to 28 years
Truce in Hundred Years' War only temporary – end of French regaining territory and start of short peace. Next phase begins in 1415
- Bulgaria: Ottoman Turks conquer Bulgaria - end of second Bulgarian empire
- Hungary: Bajazet and Ottoman Turks defeat Christian army (Burgundian-Hungarian Crusaders) under Sigismund of Hungary at Nicopolis
- Italian States: Manuel Chrysoloras opens Greek classes in Florence – beginning of revival of Greek literature in Italy
Middle East
- Ottoman Turks conquer Bulgaria and defeat Hungarians