1369

'Years:' 1366 1367 1368 - 1369 - 1370 1371 1372

'Decades:' 1330s 1340s 1350s - '1360s' - 1370s 1380s 1390s

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. The French recapture most of Aquitaine.

★ Venice repels Hungarian invasion.

★ Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.

★ Tamerlane names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.

★ Košice becomes the first town in Europe to be granted its own coat of arms.

★ The Turks invade Bulgaria.

★ The Edward the Black Prince ends his military alliance with Pedro of Castile due to ill-health. Pedro subsequently loses the Battle of Montiel to an alliance between the French and his half-brother Henry II. Henry murders Pedro after the battle and becomes King of Castille for a second time.

★ The Thai Kingdom of Ayutthaya conquers Cambodia for a second time.

★ Financed by Charles V of France, Welshman Owain Lawgoch launches an invasion fleet against the English in an attempt to claim the throne of Wales. A storm causes Owain to abandon the invasion.

★ Duong Nhat Le succeeds Tran Hao as King of Vietnam.

Births

★ Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (died 1435)

★ William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (died 1414)

★ John Dunstaple, English composer (died 1453)

★ Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer (died 1415)

Deaths

★ January 17 - King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (born 1328)

★ March 23 - King Pedro of Castile (born 1334)

★ August 15 - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England

★ September 12 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (plague) (b. 1345)

★ October 3 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (born 1318)

★ John Chandos, English knight

★ Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar (born 1285)

★ Ramathibodi I, first king of Ayutthaya (born 1314)

★ Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray

★ Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick