1364 Explained

Year 1364 (MCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January - December

• February 15  - Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg the new king of Sweden.
• February 20  - David II of Scotland marries Margaret Drummond.^[1]
• April 8  - Charles V becomes King of France.^[2]
• May 12  - The Jagiellonian University is founded in Kraków.
• July 28  - Battle of Cascina: Forces of the Republic of Florence, led by Galeotto Malatesta, defeat those of Pisa.
• August 6  - Ignatius Saba I becomes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin.^[3]
• September 10  - Philip of Anjou becomes Titular Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Taranto.
• September 29  - Battle of Auray: The Breton War of Succession ends, with the victory of the House of Montfort over Charles of Blois.

Date unknown

• Vladislav I (also known as Vlaicu-Vodă) becomes voivode of Wallachia.
• Bogdana Monastery is built in Moldavia.
• Rana Kshetra Singh succeeds Rana Hamir Singh, as ruler of Mewar (part of modern-day western India).
• Anavema Reddy succeeds Anavota Reddy, as ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (part of modern-day southern India).
• The Kingdom of Ava is established by Thado Minbya in modern-day northern Burma. Some chronicles and sources however date the event in 1365.

Births

• November 30  - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
• December 16  - Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
• date unknown
  • al-Maqrizi, Egyptian historian and biographer (d. 1442)
  • Christine de Pizan, French writer (d. 1430)^[4]
  • Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1431)
  • Gyaltsab Je, first throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (d. 1432)
  • Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī, Persian mathematician (d. 1436)

Deaths

• April 8  - King John II of France (b. 1319)^[5]
• June 19  - Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon (b. 1292)
• June 30  - Arnošt of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
• August 5  - Emperor Kōgon of Japan (b. 1313)
• September 10  - Robert of Taranto
• September 29  - Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)
• date unknown
  • Nicholas Alexander, voivode of Wallachia
  • Gajah Mada, prime minister of the Majapahit empire
  • King Valdemar III of Denmark (b. 1314)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5 forgotten queens and princesses of Scotland . www.scotsman.com . 4 May 2022 . en.
2. Web site: Charles V king of France . Encyclopedia Britannica . 22 August 2018 . en.
3. Book: Barsoum. Aphrem. 2008. The History of Tur Abdin. Gorgias Press. Matti Moosa. Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum. 95.
4. Web site: World-Changing Women: Christine de Pizan . www.open.edu . 22 August 2018 . en.
5. Web site: John II king of France . Encyclopedia Britannica . 22 August 2018 . en.