1359

'Years:' 1356 1357 1358 - 1359 - 1360 1361 1362

'Decades:' 1320s 1330s 1340s - '1350s' - 1360s 1370s 1380s

'Centuries:' 13th century - '14th century' - 15th century

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ July 4 - Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.

★ Change of sultan of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389) .

★ Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.

★ Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband Louis of Bavaria are absolved from excommunication.

★ Second Treaty of London signed between England and France, but rejected by the French States-General on May 25.

★ Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as Said as ruler of the Merinid Dynasty in present-day Morocco.

★ Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova) after freeing it from Hungarian control.

★ The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture Algeria.

★ Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe in Persia.

★ Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde after the death of Berdi Beg.

★ Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as King of Grenada (in present-day Spain).

Births

★ January 11 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393

★ Owain Glyndŵr, last Welsh Prince of Wales (died 1416)

★ Philippa of Lancaster, queen of John I of Portugal (died 1415)

Deaths

★ October 10 - King Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1310)

★ November 13 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Moscovy (b. 1326)

★ November 14 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (born 1296)

★ King Eric XII of Sweden (born 1339)

★ Berdi Beg, khan of the Blue Horde