Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Religious Figures & Theologians

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Muhammad Bahauddin Shah Naqshband

بهاء الدين نقشبند

Uzbekistan

1318 – 1389 (71 years old)

Founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi order whose golden principle 'Dil ba yar, dast ba kar' (Heart with God, hand in labor) established silent dhikr and active societal engagement across Eurasia.

Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Hayam Wuruk

Hayam Wuruk (Sri Rajasanagara)

Indonesia

1334 – 1389 (55 years old)

Fourth monarch of the Majapahit Empire whose reign alongside Prime Minister Gajah Mada represented the golden age of Indonesian maritime unity and classical Javanese culture.

Nganjuk (East Java), Indonesia

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Hayam Wuruk (Sri Rajasanagara / Emperor of Majapahit)

Hayam Wuruk (Śrī Rājasanagara)

Indonesia

c. 1334 CE – c. 1389 CE (55 years old)

Fourth monarch of the Majapahit Empire who, alongside Prime Minister Gajah Mada, guided Java to its golden age, uniting the entire Indonesian archipelago (Nusantara) from Sumatra to Papua under the national motto "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" (Unity in Diversity).

Trowulan, Indonesia

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Religious Figures & Theologians

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Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Shatibi

إبراهيم بن موسى الشاطبي

Spain

c. 1320 – 1388 (68 years old)

Andalusian legal philosopher whose groundbreaking work 'Al-Muwafaqat' founded the science of Maqasid al-Shariah (higher objectives of Islamic law), emphasizing universal human welfare.

Granada, Spain

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Politics

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Abu Zayan Muhammad V ibn Ahmad

أبو زيان محمد الخامس المريني

Morocco

c. 1360 – 1386 (~26 years old)

Marinid Sultan (1384–1386) celebrated for his deep piety, generous support for the madrasas of Fez, and patronage of illuminated Quranic calligraphers.

Fez, Morocco

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John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

Great Britain

c. 1328 – 1384 (56 years old)

Oxford scholastic philosopher, theologian, and biblical translator hailed as the 'Morning Star of the Reformation' who produced the first complete English translation of the Bible.

Lutterworth, United Kingdom

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Politics

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Philip van Artevelde

Filips van Artevelde

Belgium

1340 – 1382 (42 years old)

Flemish rebel leader and godson of English Queen Philippa of Hainault who led the 1381–1382 Ghent revolt against Count Louis of Male and French royal hegemony.

Oostnieuwkerke (Staden, West Flanders), Belgium

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Monarchy

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Charles V the Wise

Charles V le Sage

France

1338 – 1380 (42 years old)

Intellectual and strategic King of France whose prudent leadership reversed the disastrous defeats of the Hundred Years' War, recovering almost all English-held territories with Constable Bertrand du Guesclin.

Saint-Denis, France

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Bertrand du Guesclin (The Eagle of Brittany)

Bertrand du Guesclin

France

1 – 1380 (60 years old)

Constable of France and master of Fabian guerrilla warfare who recaptured nearly all territories lost to England in the Hundred Years' War.

Saint-Denis (Paris), France

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Religious Figures & Theologians

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Caterina Benincasa

Caterina da Siena

🌐 Republic of Siena

1347 – 1380 (33 years old)

Dominican tertiary, mystic, and Doctor of the Church who boldly persuaded Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome from Avignon and authored 'The Dialogue of Divine Providence'.

Rome, Italy

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Humanities

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Lalla Oum El Kheir bint al-Sultan

للا أم الخير المرينية

Morocco

c. 1320 – c. 1380 (~60 years old)

Influential Marinid princess and philanthropist who funded public fountains, student accommodations, and Quranic recitation endowments throughout Fez el-Jdid.

Fez, Morocco

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Humanities

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Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Jazna'i

علي الجزنائي

Morocco

c. 1310 – c. 1380 (~70 years old)

14th-century Moroccan chronicler and topographer whose foundational monograph Zahrat al-As provides the definitive historical and architectural inventory of medieval Fez.

Fez, Morocco

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Philosophy & Thought

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Ibn Marzuq

محمد بن أحمد ابن مرزوق التلمساني

Algeria

c. 1310 CE – 1379 (~69 years old)

Distinguished 14th-century Tlemcen polymath, diplomat, and Maliki jurist who served at the Marinid, Hafsid, and Castilian courts, author of 'Al-Musnad al-Sahih' recording North African history.

Cairo, Egypt

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Literature & Poetry

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Yahya ibn Khaldun

يحيى بن خلدون

Tunisia

1334 – 1379 (45 years old)

Distinguished historian and younger brother of Ibn Khaldun, who served as prime minister and court chronicler of the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen and authored Bughyat al-Ruwwad.

Tlemcen, Algeria

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Edward III of England

Edward of Windsor

Great Britain

1312 – 1377 (64 years old)

Plantagenet King whose fifty-year reign transformed England into a supreme military power and launched the Hundred Years' War.

London, United Kingdom

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Arts & Music

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Guillaume de Machaut

Guillaume de Machaut

France

c. 1300 – 13 April 1377 (~77 years old)

Preeminent French composer and poet of the 14th-century Ars Nova, who composed the Messe de Nostre Dame—the earliest complete polyphonic setting of the Ordinary of the Mass by a single known composer.

Reims, France

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Edward of Woodstock (The Black Prince)

Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales

Great Britain

1330 – 1376 (45 years old)

Prince of Wales and England's greatest chivalric warrior of the Hundred Years' War who won the Battle of Poitiers and captured King John II of France.

Canterbury, United Kingdom

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Literature & Poetry

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio

Italy

16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375 (62 years old)

Pioneering Florentine Renaissance humanist and author of The Decameron, who captured the tragedy of the 1348 Black Death and forged European storytelling prose through one hundred lively, witty tales of human wit, eros, and resilience.

Certaldo (Tuscany), Italy

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