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1362 in poetry |
| 550 before ROC 民前550年 | |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −106 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1904–1905 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1488 or 1107 or 335 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1489 or 1108 or 336 |
Year 1362 (MCCCLXII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Events
January–December
- January 1 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania switches New Year to January 1, before any other country does.
- storm tide strikes the Netherlands, England, Germany and Denmark, destroying the Danish settlement of Rungholt in the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Humber estuary port of Ravenser Odd in England. The East Frisian island of Buise is broken into two by North Seafloods.
- Haakon VI of Norway, son of Magnus IV of Sweden, proclaims himself king of Swedenin opposition to his father. However, later in the year, father and son are reconciled and rule Sweden together.
- March – Murad I succeeds his father Orhan as sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
- Muhammed VI.
- April 6
- Free Companiesdefeat a French army.
- A fire destroys much of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.[1]
- month-long siege.
- June – Under the terms of the will of Sir John de Wingfield (died 1361), the church of St. Andrew and a college of priests are founded in Wingfield, Suffolk, England.
- June 22 – An alliance is formed between England and Castile.[2]
- July 8 – Valdemar IV of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in the naval Battle of Helsingborg.
- September 28 – Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI, as the 200th pope.
- October 13 – The Chancellor of England for the first time opens Parliament with a speech in English.[3] Under Edward III of England, the Pleading in English Act makes English rather than Law French the official language in law courts.[2][4]
- Lionel of Antwerp, son of King Edward III of England, is created Duke of Clarence.
- King of Armenia.
Date unknown
- Autumn 1362 or Kiev.
- Zhu Yuanzhang, is killed by Miao chieftains in Yanzhou (part of modern-day Jinhua and Hangzhou).[5] Chaghan Temur is killed and succeeded by his nephew Köke Temür.
- The Peloponessus, and some islands.
- The Litlahérað by flood and tephrafall.
- The English Hospice of the Most Holy Trinity and St Thomas is founded in Rome. It goes on to become the English College, a centre for training English priests in Rome.
- Purported date of the inscription of the Kensington Runestone, at Solem, Minnesota.
Births
- Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (d. 1392)
- Empress Xu (Ming dynasty) of China (d. 1407)
- probable – Wang Fu, Chinese painter (d. 1416)
- date unknown
- Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1420)[6][7]
- Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (d. 1425)
Deaths
- March – Orhan, Ottoman sultan (b. 1281)
- April 6 – James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
- April 10 – Maud, Countess of Leicester (b. 1339)
- Louis of Taranto (b. 1320)
- July 11 – Anna von Schweidnitz, empress of Charles IV (b. 1339) (childbirth)
- Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (b. 1324)
- Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of king David II of Scotland (b. 1321)
- September 12 – Pope Innocent VI (b. 1282 or 1295)
- December 10 – Frederick III, Duke of Austria, second son of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1347)
- Constantine III, King of Armenia (b. 1313)
- date unknown
References
- ^ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p27
- ^ ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "The slang words that defined the First World War". Daily Telegraph. October 13, 2014. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Statute of Pleading". Language and Law.org. 1362. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ a b History of Ming, Vol.133
- ^ Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain & Magdelaine, F. & B. (1981). l'Allemagne Dynastique (in French). Vol. Tome III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg. Le Perreux: Alain Giraud. p. 219.
- ^ Dek, A.W.E. (1970). Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. p. 66.