1358 Explained

Year 1358 (MCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January - December

• January 10  - Muhammad II as Said becomes ruler of the Marinid dynasty in modern-day Morocco after the assassination of Abu Inan Faris.
• February 11  - Mohammed Shah I becomes Bahmani Sultan of Deccan (part of modern-day southern India) after the death of Sultan Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah.
• February 18  - Treaty of Zadar, between Louis I of Hungary/Croatia and the Republic of Venice: The Venetians lose influence over their former Dalmatian holdings.^[1]
• March 16  - King Haakon VI of Norway designates the city of Skien as a city with trading privileges, making it the sixth town with city status in Norway.
• May 28  - Hundred Years' War: The Jacquerie  - A peasant rebellion begins in France, which consumes the Beauvais, and allies with Étienne Marcel's seizure of Paris.^[2]
• June 27  - The Republic of Ragusa is founded, after being freed from the Republic of Venice.^[3]
• July 10  - Battle of Mello: The Jacquerie rebellion is defeated by a coalition of nobles, led by Charles II of Navarre.^[4]

Date unknown

• Mubariz al-Din Muhammad, leader of the Arab Muzaffarid tribe, expels the Blue Horde from Ilkhanate territory in Persia. The Muzaffarid then release control of the Il-Khanate, after being marched on by the Mongol Jalayirid tribe, ruled by Shaikh Uvais. Shaikh Uvais becomes the new Il-Khan. The Ilkhanate is effectively now disbanded, and replaced by the Jalayirid dynasty of Persia.
• Shah Shuja overthrows his father, Mubarazuddin Muhammad, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe.
• Estimation: Nanjing in Yuan China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Yuan China.^[5]

Births

• February 20  - Eleanor of Aragon, queen of John I of Castile (d. 1382)
• August 24  - King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
• September 25  - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1408)
• date unknown
  • Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (d. 1399)
  • Anne of Auvergne, Sovereign Dauphine of Auvergne and Countess of Forez (d. 1417)

Deaths

• January 6  - Gertrude van der Oosten, Dutch beguine
• January 10  - Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329)
• February 11  - Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, first Bahmani Sultan of Deccan
• June 7  - Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (b. 1305)
• c. June  - Guillaume Cale, French peasant revolutionary (executed)
• July 31  - Étienne Marcel, Provost of the merchants of Paris
• August 16  - Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298)
• August 22  - Isabella of France, queen consort of Edward II of England (b. 1295)
• November  - Gregory of Rimini, Italian philosopher
• December 29  - Niels Bugge, Danish magnate and rebel leader (murdered) (b. 1300)^[6]
• date unknown  - Brian MacCathmhaoil, Irish Bishop of Clogher (plague)

Notes and References

1. Lous I on Britannica Encyclopedia
2. Justine Firnhaber-Baker, The Jacquerie of 1358: A French Peasants' Revolt. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
3. Kenneth Meyer Setton (1978). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204–1571 Vol. 2, (Diane Publishing), ISBN 0-87169-127-2.
4. Firnhaber-Baker, Justine (2021). The Jacquerie of 1358 : a French peasants' revolt (First ed.). Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-259835-6. OCLC 1255709650.
5. Web site: Geography at about.com . February 27, 2006 . July 14, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070714185311/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm . dead .
6. Web site: Niels Bugge ca. 1300-1358. danmarkshistorien.dk. da. Aarhus Universitet. 2024-08-03.