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