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'Years:' 1367 1368 1369 - 1370 - 1371 1372 1373

'Decades:' 1340s 1350s 1360s - '1370s' - 1380s 1390s 1400s

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

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ May 24 - The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.

★ October 20 - Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Constantinople, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria.

★ December 20 - Pope Gregory XI succeeds Pope Urban V as the 201st pope.

★ Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war.

★ Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London.

★ Fortification of Xian City (Chang'an)

★ Timur completes his conquest of Central Asia and parts of Persia, establishing the Timurid Empire.

★ Tran Phu deposes Duong Nhat Le as King of Vietnam.

★ For the second time since 1368, Moscow attacks Tver. Tver again makes a counter-attack with the aid of Lithuania and the Blue Horde.

★ Casimir III of Poland is succeeded jointly by his sister, Elisabeth of Kujavia, and her son, Louis I of Hungary. Beginning of the rule of Poland by the Capet-Anjou family.

Births

★ Duke William of Austria (died July 14, 1406)

★ Guarino da Verona, Italian humanist (died 1460)

★ Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles II of Navarre (died 1437)

★ John Lydgate, English Benedictine monk and poet (died 1451)

★ Queen Mary of Sicily (died 1402)

★ Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (died 1443)

★ King Olaf IV of Norway (died 1387)

★ John VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (died 1408)

★ Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (died 1428)

★ Jan Sindel, Polish scientist (died 1443)

★ Jan Zizka, leader of the Hussites (died 1424)

★ Pawel Wlodkowic, Polish scholar (died 1435)

Deaths

★ December 19 - Pope Urban V (born 1310)

★ Casimir III of Poland (born 1310)

★ Ukhaatu Khan, Grand khan of the Mongol Empire (born 1320)

★ Shi Nai'an, Chinese author (born 1296)