Year 1394 (MCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December February 28 – Richard II of England grants Geoffrey Chaucer 20 pounds a year for life, for his services as a diplomat and Clerk of The King's Works. June 11 – The Venetians take over possession of Argos, from Despot Theodore I Palaiologos. September 17 – King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from France. September 28 – Antipope Benedict XIII is elected to succeed Antipope Clement VII. October 10 – Battle of Karanovasa: Wallachia (now southern Romania) resists an invasion by the Ottomans, and their Serb and Bulgarian vassals. November 29 – The capital city of the Joseon Dynasty (in present-day Korea) is moved from Gaegyeong (now Gaeseong) to Hanseong (now Seoul). Date unknown The Ottomans conquer Thessaly (now eastern Greece) and begin an eight-year siege of Constantinople, in the Byzantine Empire. In the same year, they begin building the Anadoluhisarı fortress to defend themselves during the siege. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu retires as shōgun of Japan, and is succeeded by his son, Ashikaga Yoshimochi. Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Jongmyo royal ancestral shrine are built in Hanseong (now Seoul). After the death of Sultan Mahmud II, civil war breaks out in the Delhi Sultanate, splitting the state between east and west. Battle of Ros-Mhic-Thriúin: The Kingdom of Leinster, led by King Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, defeats an invading army from England, led by King Richard II of England and Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March. Ştefan I succeeds Roman I, as Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova and eastern Romania). Abu Zayyan II succeeds his brother, Abul Hadjdjadj I, as ruler of the Abdalwadid Dynasty in present-day eastern Algeria. Abd al-Aziz II succeeds Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II, as ruler of the Hafsid Dynasty in present-day Tunisia. The Allgäuer Brauhaus brewery is founded in present-day Germany. The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty in China orders the Ministry of Public Works to issue a public notice, that every 100 households in the lijia system are to set aside 2 mu (1,390 m2) of land, for planting mulberry and jujube trees. Births March 4 – Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (d. 1460) June 4 – Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (d. 1430) July 12 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (d. 1441) July