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{{Year nav|1381}} {{Year in various calendars|1381}} {{Year article header|1381}} == Events == * [[June 12]]– [[Peasants' Revolt]]: In [[England]], rebels from [[Kent]] and [[Essex]], led by [[Wat Tyler]] and [[Jack Straw (rebel leader)|Jack Straw]], meet at [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]]. There the rebels are encouraged by a sermon by renegade priest [[John Ball (priest)|John Ball]]. * [[June 14]]– [[Peasants' Revolt]]: Rebels destroy [[John of Gaunt]]'s [[Savoy Palace]] and storm the [[Tower of London]], killing the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and the [[Lord Chancellor]]. King [[Richard II of England]] meets the leaders of the revolt and agrees to reforms such as fair rents and the abolition of [[serfdom]]. * [[June 15]]– [[Peasants' Revolt]]: During further negotiations, [[Wat Tyler]] is murdered by the King's entourage. Noble forces subsequently overpower the rebel army. The rebel leaders are eventually captured and executed and [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] revokes his concessions. ** The revolt is discussed in [[John Gower]]'s ''[[Vox Clamantis]]'' and ''[[Froissart's Chronicles]]''. * [[Kęstutis]] overthrows his nephew, [[Jogaila]], as [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Grand Duke of Lithuania]]. [[Jogaila]] is allowed to remain as governor of eastern [[Lithuania]]. * Due to [[Joan I of Naples]]' support for [[Avignon Pope Clement VII|Antipope Clement VII]], [[Pope Urban VI]] bestows [[Naples]] upon [[Charles III of Naples|Charles of Durazzo]]. With the help of the [[Hungarians]], Charles advances on Naples and captures Joan. * [[James of Baux]], the ruler of [[History of Taranto|Taranto]] and the [[Latin Empire]], claims the [[Principality of Achaea]] after the imprisonment of [[Joan I of Naples]]. * Sonam Drakpa deposes Drakpa Changchub as ruler of [[Tibet]]. * Hajji I succeeds Alah-ad-Din Ali as [[Mamluk]] Sultan of [[Egypt]]. The Egyptian government continues to be controlled by rebel leader, [[Berkuk]]. * After a naval battle, [[Venice]] wins the three-year [[War of Chioggia]] against [[Genoa]]. T