1354 CE

War of the Straits: The Venetian-ruled town of Poreč is sacked by the Genoese under Paganino Doria, who carry off the relics of saints Eleutherius and Maurus of Parentium to Genoa, where they were deposited at the church of San Matteo. Cola di Rienzo, self-proclaimed "tribune" of Rome, is killed by an angry mob. War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza.

In the 1350s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • February 12 – The Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.source
  • December 10 – The reign of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor is ended, after John V Palaiologos retakes Constantinople and is restored as sole emperor.source
  • Sahab-ud-Din becomes Sultan of Kashmir.source

Conflict & Security

  • August 16 – War of the Straits: The Venetian-ruled town of Poreč is sacked by the Genoese under Paganino Doria, who carry off the relics of saints Eleutherius and Maurus of Parentium to Genoa, where they were deposited at the church of San Matteo.source
  • November 4 – War of the Straits: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under Niccolò Pisani at the Battle of Sapienza.source
  • After 24 years of struggling for independence, since the Battle of Posada, Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia becomes a vassal to Hungarian king Louis I.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Early in the year – Ibn Battuta returns from his travels at the command of Abu Inan Faris, sultan of Morocco, who appoints a scribe to write an account of the adventures.source

Climate & Environment

  • March 2 – During the night between 1 and 2 March, a strong earthquake destroyed the city of Gallipoli and its city walls, weakening its defenses, along with destroying the neighboring villages and towns in the area.source
  • March - Within a month after the devastating earthquake the Ottomans besieged and captured the town of Gallipoli, making it the first Ottoman stronghold in Europe and the staging area for Ottoman expansion across the Balkans.source

Births

  • Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales, English nobleman (died 1387)source
  • Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein, German nobleman (died 1393)source
  • Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley, English nobleman (died 1416)source
  • Alonso Enríquez, Spanish nobleman (died 1429)source
  • Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (died 1411/12)source
  • Denis, Lord of Cifuentes, infante of Portugal (died c.1397)source
  • Catherine of Vendôme, French noblewoman (died 1412)source
  • Margaret of Joinville, French noblewoman (died 1418)source
  • Jean de Grouchy, Norman knight (k. 1435)source
  • Gilbert de Greenlaw, Scottish bishop (died 1421)source
  • Frederick III, Count of Moers, German nobleman (died 1417)source
  • Constance of Castile, wife of John of Gaunt (died 1394)source
  • Violante Visconti, Italian noblewoman (died 1386)source

Deaths

  • January 8 – Charles de La Cerda (born 1327)source
  • January 16 – Joanna of Châtillon, Duchess of Athens (born c. 1285)source
  • June 1 – Kitabatake Chikafusa, Japanese court noble (born 1293)source
  • August 9 – Stephen, Duke of Slavonia, Hungarian prince (born 1332)source
  • September 7 – Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice (born 1306)source
  • October 5 – Giovanni Visconti, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1290)source
  • October 8 – Cola di Rienzo, self-proclaimed "tribune" of Rome, is killed by an angry mob.source
  • October 8 – Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (born c. 1313)source
  • October 19 – Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (born 1318)source
  • date unknown – Wu Zhen, Chinese painter (born 1280)source
  • Edmund de Grimsby, an English cleric, Crown official and judge. While his career in Ireland lasted only about a year, he is notable as having been the first Master of the Rolls in Ireland.Irelandsource