Year 1360 (MCCCLX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• June – Valdemar IV Atterdag attacks Skåne and conquers Lindholmen Castle.

• August – Peace is concluded between Sweden and Denmark with the arbitration in Helsingborg. Magnus IV Eriksson cedes the Scanian lands except northern Halland to Denmark. In return, Valdemar IV Atterdag must help Magnus against his domestic enemies.

• October 24 The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. Under its terms, Edward III of England gives up his claim to the French throne, and releases King John II of France in return for French land, including Calais and Gascony.

Date unknown

• Red Turban Rebellions: Chen Youliang murders Xu Shouhui and proclaims himself the emperor of Han in Wuchang before unsuccessfully attempting to capture Nanjing from Zhu Yuanzhang.

• King Valdemar IV Atterdag of Denmark reconquers Scania, which has been in Swedish possession since 1332.

• Shah Shuja regains rule of the Muzaffarid tribe in Persia after the death of his brother, Shah Mahmud.

• Nawruz Beg overthrows his brother Qulpa as Khan of the Blue Horde.

• Muhammed VI overthrows his brother-in-law, Ismail II, as King of Granada (in modern-day Spain).

• Dmitri Konstantinovich is installed as ruler of Vladimir (in modern-day western Russia) by the Khan of the White Horde.

• Earliest known Kırkpınar oil wrestling tournament in the Ottoman Empire, which will still be staged into the 21st century.

Births

• January 8 Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1410)

• March 31 Philippa of Lancaster, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1415)

• May 2 Yongle Emperor of China (d. 1424)

• June 24 Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general (d. 1431)

• August 10 Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)

date unknown

• Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (d. 1391)

• Bayezid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1403)

• Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Italian banker, founder of the Medici dynasty of Florence (d. 1429)

• Yi Chongmu, Korean general (d. 1425)

• Andrei Rublev, Russian painter (d. 1430)

• Stanislaw of Skarbimierz, Polish religious writer (d. 1431)

Deaths

• February 26 Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)

• September 16 William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (b. 1319)

• September 29 Joanna I of Auvergne, queen consort of France (b. 1326)

• November 4 Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (b. 1295)

• December 26 Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent

date unknown

• David IX of Georgia, King of Georgia

• Geoffrey the Baker, English chronicler

• Isabella, Countess of Brienne, Countess of Lecce

• Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian (b. 1295)

• Xu Shouhui, Chinese rebel leader, emperor of Tianwan (b. 1320)

Footnotes

References

• Chronology of Sweden". worldtimeline.info. Retrieved June 15, 2023.

• Nordberg, Mikael (2003). I kung Magnus tid (In the Times of King Magnus) ISBN 91-1-952122-7

• Sumption, Jonathan (2001). The Hundred Years' War. Vol. II: Trial by Fire. University of Pennsylvania Press.

• Vernadsky, George (1966). "The Mongols and Russia".