Wikipedia / 1364
Wikipedia / 1364
Year 1364 (MCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
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January–December
February 15 Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg the new king of Sweden.
May 12 The Jagiellonian University is founded in Kraków.
July 28 Battle of Cascina: Forces of the Republic of Florence, led by Galeotto Malatesta, defeat those of Pisa.
August 6 Ignatius Saba I becomes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin.
September 10 Philip of Anjou becomes Titular Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Taranto.
September 29 Battle of Auray: The Breton War of Succession ends, with the victory of the House of Montfort over Charles of Blois.
Date unknown
Vladislav I (also known as Vlaicu-Vodă) becomes voivode of Wallachia.
Bogdana Monastery is built in Moldavia.
Rana Kshetra Singh succeeds Rana Hamir Singh, as ruler of Mewar (part of modern-day western India).
Anavema Reddy succeeds Anavota Reddy, as ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (part of modern-day southern India).
The Kingdom of Ava is established by Thado Minbya in modern-day northern Burma. Some chronicles and sources however date the event in 1365.
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Births
September Christine de Pizan, French writer (d. c.1430)
November 30 John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
December 16 Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
date unknown
al-Maqrizi, Egyptian historian and biographer (d. 1442)
Gyaltsab Je, first throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (d. 1432)
Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī, Persian mathematician (d. 1436)
Deaths
April 8 King John II of France (b. 1319)
June 19 Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon (b. 1292)
August 5 Emperor Kōgon of Japan (b. 1313)
date unknown
Nicholas Alexander, voivode of Wallachia
Gajah Mada, prime minister of the Majapahit empire
King Valdemar III of Denmark (b. 1314)
References