1371

'Years:' 1368 1369 1370 - 1371 - 1372 1373 1374

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

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders. Start of the reign of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders

★ Charterhouse Carthusian Monastery founded in Aldersgate, London.

★ First widely accepted historical reference to playing cards (in Spain).

★ Robert II becomes the first Stuart king of Scotland after the death of his uncle, David II.

★ Rival brothers, Ivan Sratsimir and Ivan Shishman become co-Emperors of Bulgaria after the death of their father, Ivan Alexander. Bulgaria is weakened by the split.

★ Zhao Bing Fa becomes King of Mong Mao (in present day south China/north Myanmar) after the death of his father, Si Ke Fa.

★ Lazar succeeds his distant cousin, Stefan Uroš V, as ruler of Serbia after most of the noblility in Serbia are killed by the Ottomans in the Battle of Maritsa. Lazar declines the title of Tsar.

★ Edward the Black Prince is removed as administrator of Aquitaine by Edward III of England due to the Prince's poor health and heavy debt caused by the murder of his ally and debtor, Pedro of Castile.

★ John of Gaunt, son of Edward III of England, marries Constance of Castile, daughter of King Pedro of Castile, giving John of Gaunt a claim to the throne of Castille.

★ Kalamegha claims the vacant title of King of Cambodia after the power of the Thai invaders from Ayutthaya begins to weaken. The Ayutthayans are finally expelled in 1375.

★ Byzantine co-emperor John V Palaiologos pledges loyalty to the Ottoman Empire to prevent the Turks invading Constantinople.

Births

★ May 28 - John the Fearless (died 1419)

★ Duke Leopold IV of Austria (died 1411)

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

★ Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg (died 1440)

★ Zheng He, Chinese mariner and explorer (died 1433)

★ Frederick of Lorraine, Count of Vaudemont (died 1415)

★ Sophia of Lithuania, regent of Lithuania (died 1453)

★ Joan II of Naples (died 1435)

★ Vasili I of Russia

Deaths

★ February 22 - David II of Scotland (born 1324)