1351 Explained

Year 1351 (MCCCLI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January - December

• January 14  - Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act 1351, defining treason in English law. It remains unrepealed into the 21st century.^{[1] [2]}
• February  - The Statute of Labourers is enacted by the Parliament of England, to deal with a labour shortage caused by the Black Death.
• March 4  - The Ayutthaya Kingdom is established by King Uthong (Ramathibodi I) in modern-day Thailand. ^[3] He begins to propagate Theravada Buddhism as the state religion.
• March 23  - Firuz Shah Tughlaq succeeds Mohammad Tughlaq as ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. At this time, the Samma dynasty in Sindh (part of modern-day Pakistan) breaks away from the Sultanate.
• March 26  - War of the Breton Succession: Combat of the Thirty  - Thirty chosen knights each, from the Kingdoms of France and England, fight to determine who will rule the Duchy of Brittany; a Franco-Breton victory is assured by the squire Guillaume de Montauban.
• April 1  - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Saintes.  - The French are defeated by the English.^[4]
• April 8  - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Taillebourg.  - The French are defeated by the English.^[5]
• May 1  - Zürich joins the Old Swiss Confederacy.
• November 26  - Emperor Sukō abdicates as 3rd Emperor of the Northern Court of Japan.

Date unknown

• The Red Turban Rebellions break out in China, leading to permanent weakening of the Mongolian-run Yuan dynasty.
• King Gongmin ascends the throne in Goryeo.
• The region of Vantaa in Finland is first mentioned (as Helsinge).

Births

• October 16  - Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (d. 1402)
• November 1  - Leopold III, Duke of Austria (d. 1386)
• Princess Joan of France (d. 1371)
• probable  - Władysław II Jagiełło, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (d. 1434)

Deaths

• February 13  - Kō no Morofuyu, Japanese general
• March 20  - Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi
  • • March 25 Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai
  • Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai
• May 24  - Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Sultan of Morocco (b. 1297)
• June 20  - Margareta Ebner, German nun (b. 1291)
• November 15  - Joanna of Pfirt, duchess consort of Austria

Notes and References

1. Blackstone, William; Stewart, James (1839). The Rights of Persons, According to the Text of Blackstone: Incorporating the Alterations Down to the Present Time. p. 77.
2. The Treason Act 1351 legislation.gov.uk.
3. Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk (11 May 2017). A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World (Kindle ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 43.
4. Wagner, John A. (2006). "Saintes, Battle of (1351)". Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0313327360. p. 275.
5. Encyclopedia: Rickard. J.. 2000-10-03. Battle of Taillebourg, 8 April 1351. Military History Encyclopedia on the Web. 2015-03-26.