1362

Centuries: 13th century - '14th century' - 15th century
Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - '1360s' - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s
Years: 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 - '1362' - 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367
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Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ First Foundation of the Venerable English College

★ January 16 - The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes Holland, England, Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland, Germany.

★ Under Edward III, English replaces French as England's national language, for the first time following the Norman Conquest of 1066.

★ September 28 - Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI as the 200th pope.

★ Louis I of Hungary defeats and captures Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria; he conquers northern Bulgaria, extending his control over the Balkans.

★ The Ottomans capture Philippopolis and Adrianopole (now the city of Edirne) from the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire is reduced to the city of Constantinople.

★ Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg.

★ Shahabuddin succeeds his brother, Alauddin Ali Sher, as Sultan of Kashmir.

★ Constantine VI succeeds his cousin, Constantine V, as King of Armenia.

★ Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas crushed the Tatars at the Blue Waters of the Southern Bug in 1362.

★ Purported date of the inscription of the Kensington Runestone

Births

★ Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (died 1435)

★ Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (died 1425)

Deaths

★ April 6 - James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)

★ April 10 - Maud, Countess of Leicester(b. 1339)

★ July 22 - Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (born 1324)

★ September 12 - Pope Innocent VI

★ Constantine V of Armenia

★ Louis of Taranto (born 1320)