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1389| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1389 | Southeast Asia [political events] | Rajasanagara, King of Java, dies and his empire, which extends throughout the whole of modern Indonesia, now collapses. | | 15 June 1389 | Serbia, , Ottoman Empire [wars] | Following the death of Murad I, ruler of the Ottoman Turks, while defeating the Serbians at Kosovo, he is succeeded by his son Bayezid I. King Lazar of Serbia is also killed in the battle. In the ensuing disintegration of his dominions Montenegro becomes independent. | | 15 June 1389 | Ottoman Empire [births and deaths] | Murad I, Ottoman sultan 1360–89, father of Bayezid I, whose reign saw rapid expansion in Anatolia and the Balkans, is killed at the Battle of Kosovo, in Serbia (c. 63). | | 27 September 1389 | Florence [births and deaths] | Cosimo de' Medici the Elder, financier and statesman, born in Florence, Italy (–1464). | | 15 October 1389 | Rome [births and deaths] | Urban V, Italian pope whose election caused the French cardinals to establish the antipope, dies in Rome (c. 71). | | 2 November 1389 | Italy [administration] | Pietro Tomacelli is elected Pope Boniface IX. |
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