Year 1365 (MCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• March 3 Battle of Gataskogen: Albert of Mecklenburg defeats and captures Magnus Eriksson, obtaining the throne of Sweden.

• March 12 The University of Vienna is founded.

• June 2 The Hungarian occupation of Vidin begins, with the capture of the city by Louis I of Hungary's forces, and the imprisonment of Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria.

• October Alexandrian Crusade: The city of Alexandria in Egypt is sacked by an allied force of Peter I of Cyprus and the knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

• November 30 The Nagarakretagama, a Javanese eulogy chronicling the journey of the Majapahit king, Hayam Wuruk, through his kingdom, is completed by Mpu Prapanca.

Date unknown

• Adrianopole (modern-day Edirne) becomes the capital city of the Ottoman Sultanate.

• In modern-day southern India, Bahmani Sultan Mohammed Shah I invades the Vijayanagara Empire.

• The Sukhothai Kingdom in northern Thailand becomes a tributary state of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.

• Muhammed V begins building the Maristan of Granada (a hospital) in Granada (in modern-day Spain).

• The Chagatai Khanate defeats Timur in the Battle of Tashkent.

Births

• January 27 Edward of Angoulême, French-born royal prince of England (d. 1370)

• July 25 U of Goryeo, Korean king (d. 1389)

• September 11 Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, French noble (d. 1431)

• date unknown Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī, Baghdadi Sufi author (d. 1424)

• approximate date Violant of Bar, queen regent of Aragon (d. 1431)

Deaths

• March 8 Princess Noguk of the Yuan dynasty and queen consort of Goryeo

• May 17 Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)

• July 27 Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339)

• December 8 Nicholas II, Duke of Opava (b. 1288)

• date unknown Zhu Derun, Chinese painter and poet (b. 1294)

References