Year 1384 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events May / September 3 - Lisbon is besieged by the Castilian army, during the 1383-1385 Crisis. August 16 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them—a case considered equal to the act of destroying stamped government documents, which by law necessitates 100 floggings by a bamboo rod. However, the Hongwu Emperor… (More on 1384)