1353 CE

War of the Straits and Sardinian–Aragonese war – Battle of Alghero: The allied Aragonese and Venetian fleets crush the Genoese fleet, most of which is captured. The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta makes the first recorded visit to Timbuktu and Kabara, when returning from a stay in the capital of the Mali Empire. In resolution of the dispute between the Archbishop of Armagh (at this time, Richard FitzRalph) and the Archbishop of Dublin (at this time, John de St Paul) over the Primacy of Ireland, Pope Innocent VI of the Avignon Papacy, acting on the advice of the College of Cardinals, rules that "each of these prelates should be Primate; while, for the distinction of style, the Primate of Armagh should entitle himself Primate of All Ireland, but the Metropolitan of Dublin should subscribe himself Primate of Ireland.".

In the 1350s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • March 3 – Bern signs an alliance with the Old Swiss Confederacy.source
  • The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang is founded by Fa Ngum.source

Conflict & Security

  • August 27 – War of the Straits and Sardinian–Aragonese war – Battle of Alghero: The allied Aragonese and Venetian fleets crush the Genoese fleet, most of which is captured.source
  • The Black Death (1331) subsides.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta makes the first recorded visit to Timbuktu and Kabara, when returning from a stay in the capital of the Mali Empire.source
  • Freemen of Youghal are allowed freedom in trade in different staples throughout England and Wales for wool, leather, woolfels and lead.Irelandsource

Religion & Belief

  • In resolution of the dispute between the Archbishop of Armagh (at this time, Richard FitzRalph) and the Archbishop of Dublin (at this time, John de St Paul) over the Primacy of Ireland, Pope Innocent VI of the Avignon Papacy, acting on the advice of the College of Cardinals, rules that "each of these prelates should be Primate; while, for the distinction of style, the Primate of Armagh should entitle himself Primate of All Ireland, but the Metropolitan of Dublin should subscribe himself Primate of Ireland."Irelandsource

Culture & Society

  • The Decameron is finished by Giovanni Boccaccio.source

Births

  • March – Margaret I of Denmark, queen of Haakon VI of Norway (died 1412)source
  • July 15 – Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (died 1410)source
  • Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1414)source
  • John Purvey, English scholar and Bible translator (died 1428)source
  • Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, queen consort of Armenia and Cyprus (died 1421)source

Deaths

  • February 2 – Anne of Bavaria, queen consort of Bohemia (born 1329)source
  • March 6 – Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthynsource
  • March 11 – Theognostus, metropolitan of Kiev and Moscowsource
  • April 27 – Simeon of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimirsource
  • October 4 – Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria (born 1306)source
  • November or December – Togha Temür, claimant to the throne of the Mongol Il-Khanate in Persia (assassinated)source
  • Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine, regent of Lorrainesource
  • Sir Ulick Burke, Irish noblemansource
  • Matilda, daughter of King Robert the Bruce of Scotlandsource
  • Ulick de Burgh or Burke 1st ClanricardeIrelandsource