1359

1359 in various
Minguo calendar
	553 before ROC; 民前553年
Nanakshahi calendar	−109
Thai solar calendar	1901–1902
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年; (male Earth-Dog); 1485 or 1104 or 332; — to —; 阴土猪年; (female Earth-Pig); 1486 or 1105 or 333

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century; 14th century ; 15th century;
Decades:	1330s; 1340s; 1350s ; 1360s; 1370s;
Years:	1356; 1357; 1358; 1359 ; 1360; 1361; 1362;

Year 1359 (MCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France.^[1]

Valdemar IV Atterdag was far too ambitious a ruler to have his plan to reassemble the Danish kingdom fall into pieces, and so he proceeded to invade Scania the next year with his mercenary army.^[4]

July 4 – Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander, Gil de Albornoz.^[5]
August – Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde after the death of Berdi Beg.
August 23 – Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as Sultan of Granada (in modern-day Spain).
September – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, and her second husband, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, are absolved from excommunication.
Generalitat of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya).^[6]

Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as-Said as ruler of the
Marinid dynasty, in modern-day Morocco
.

The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture Kingdom of Tlemcen in Algeria.
Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the
Muzaffarid
tribe in Persia.
Ananda Patel (considered common ancestor for most of the modern-day population of Bhadran) moves to Bhadran from Anklav.
Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
probable date – Battle of Megara: A Christian coalition defeats a Turkish raider fleet.^[7]^[8]
earliest possible date –
House of Bogdan, who will rule Moldavia for more than three centuries.^[9]

December 14 – Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (b. 1332)
date unknown – Jeanne de Clisson, French noblewoman and privateer (b. 1300)^[11]

^ name="Tout1905">Tout, T. F. (1905). The Political History of England, Volume 3. Longmans, Green And Co. p. 395.
^ "Erik Magnusson". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^ "Chronology of Sweden". worldtimeline.info. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
^ "Chronology of Sweden". worldtimeline.info. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
^ Rendina, Claudio (1994). I capitani di ventura. Rome: Newton Compton.
^ Adam J. Kosto (3 May 2001). Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000-1200. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79239-4. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
^ Luttrell, Anthony (1975). "The Hospitallers at Rhodes, 1306–1421". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 278–313. ISBN 0-299-06670-3.
^ Topping, Peter (1975). "The Morea, 1311–1364". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 104–140. ISBN 0-299-06670-3.
ISBN 0-8142-0511-9
.

^ "Ivan II | Russian prince". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved August 22, 2018.

ISBN 9781483364674
.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1330s 1340s 1350s 1360s 1370s
Years:	1356 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362

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