1355 CE

St Scholastica Day riot in Oxford, England, breaks out, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. Red Turban Rebellions: Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou. In Venice, the Council of Ten beheads Doge Marin Falier, for conspiring to kill them.

In the 1350s, the 14th century.

Conflict & Security

  • January 7 – King Afonso IV of Portugal sends three men who kill Inês de Castro, mistress of his son Pedro, who revolts and incites a civil war.source
  • February 10 – St Scholastica Day riot in Oxford, England, breaks out, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.source
  • March 16 – Red Turban Rebellions: Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou.source
  • August – Battle of Nesbit Moor: The Scottish army decisively defeats the English.source
  • October 5–December 2 – Hundred Years' War: Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355 – A large mounted Anglo-Gascon force under the command of Edward the Black Prince marches from Bordeaux in English-held Gascony 300 miles (480 km) south to Narbonne and back, devastating a wide swathe of French territory.source
  • Date unknown – Battle of Ihtiman: The Ottoman Turks defeat the Bulgarian Empire but suffer heavy losses and do not return to Bulgarian territory for around 15 years.source

Religion & Belief

  • April 5 – Charles IV is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome.source
  • April 18 – In Venice, the Council of Ten beheads Doge Marin Falier, for conspiring to kill them.source
  • September 1 – The old town of Visoki is first mentioned in Tvrtko I of Bosnia's charter in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum.source

Culture & Society

  • January 6 – Charles IV of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.source
  • April – Philip II, Prince of Taranto, marries Maria of Calabria, daughter of Charles, Duke of Calabria, and Marie of Valois.source

Births

  • January 7 – Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III of England (died 1397)source
  • August 16 – Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster (died 1382)source
  • October 10 – Zhu Biao, eldest son of the Hongwu Emperor and crown prince of the Ming dynasty (died 1392)source
  • Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine humanist (died 1415)source
  • Acamapichtli, 1st tlatoani (monarch) of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City), 1375-1395 (died 1395)source
  • Konrad von Jungingen, German 25th Grand Master of the Teutonic Ordersource
  • Mircea the Elder, Voivode of Wallachia (died 1418)source
  • Foelke Kampana, Frisian lady and regent (died 1418)source

Deaths

  • January 7 – Inês de Castro, lover of King Peter I of Portugal (murdered) (born 1325)source
  • April 17 – Marin Falier, Doge of Venice (born 1285)source
  • April 22 – Eleanor of Woodstock, countess regent of Guelders, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (born 1318)source
  • May – Guo Zixing, Chinese Red Turban rebel leadersource
  • May – Red Turban Rebellions: Guo Zixing dies, leaving his forces to the command of his son-in-law, Zhu Yuanzhang. Guo's successors are later killed in battle while trying to capture Nanjing.source
  • August 3 – Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghershsource
  • December 5 – John III, Duke of Brabant (born 1300)source
  • December 20 – Stefan Dušan, Emperor of Serbiasource
  • date unknown – Bettina d'Andrea, Italian lawyer and professorsource