1390

• Malwa and Gujarat break away from the weakening Dehli Sultanate to become an independent sultanates.
• John VII usurps the throne of the Byzantine Empire from his grandfather, John V, only to be himself usurped six months later by his uncle Manuel II.
• The Ottoman Turks construct the Anadolu Hisar castle to guard the Asian end of the Bosporus.
• Construction begins on the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna.
• The first paper mill in Germany is established at Nuremberg.
• John Gower writes his Confessio Amantis (approximate).
• The cooks of English king Richard II compile the first cookbook written in English, a collection of 296 recipes titled the Forme of Cury.
• The word "clockmaker" is recorded in English for the first time, as clokkemaker.

These people were born in 1390:

• Flemish painter Jan van Eyck.
• Vlad Dracul, prince of Walachia and father of Vlad the Impaler.
• La Hire, French commander in the Hundred Years War and faithful companion of Joan of Arc.
• English composer, mathematician, and astrologer John Dunstable.
• Future Byzantine emperor John VIII.

These people died in 1390:

• Persian poet Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz.
• Scottish King Robert II
• Sufi mystic Baha ad-Din Naqshband.

1389 - 1390 - 1391

14th century