1357 CE

The Estates General in France meets and passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters. On the death of Jani Beg, he is succeeded as Khan of the Blue Horde by his son Berdi Beg who orders the death of at least 12 of his close kinsmen to secure his position. The Treaty of Berwick ends the Second War of Scottish Independence and King David II of Scotland is released by the English in return for a ransom.

In the 1350s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • October 3 – The Treaty of Berwick ends the Second War of Scottish Independence and King David II of Scotland is released by the English in return for a ransom.source
  • The Blue Horde unseats Ghazan II as the ruler of the Il-Khanate, and appoints their own governor.source

Conflict & Security

  • July 22 – On the death of Jani Beg, he is succeeded as Khan of the Blue Horde by his son Berdi Beg who orders the death of at least 12 of his close kinsmen to secure his position.source
  • Rao Kanhadev becomes Rathore ruler of Marwar (part of modern-day India).source

Religion & Belief

  • May 28 – Peter I becomes King of Portugal, after the death of his father, Alfonso IV.source
  • John Frowyk, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem appointed Lord Chancellor of IrelandIrelandsource

Technology & Infrastructure

  • July 9 – Construction formally begins on Charles Bridge in Prague.source
  • The Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Famous Wat Yai) Temple is constructed in Phitsanulok, Thailand.source

Science & Discovery

  • The first public exhibition of the Shroud of Turin is recorded.source

Health & Medicine

  • Influenza is first identified as a disease.source
  • Geoffrey the Baker reported that in late 1357 the Black Death took the Gaelic-Irish "unawares and annihilated them everywhere"Irelandsource

Culture & Society

  • February 3 – The Estates General in France meets and passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.source
  • April 28 – Erik Magnusson is recognized as king of most of Sweden, in opposition to his father, King Magnus.source

Births

  • April 11 – King John I of Portugal (died 1433)source
  • Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (died 1417)source
  • Hugo von Montfort, Austrian minstrel (died 1423)source
  • Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism (died 1419)source
  • Fang Xiaoru, Confucian scholar (died 1402)source
  • Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia (died 1406)source
  • Art Mór Mac Murchadha Caomhánach, King of LeinsterIrelandsource

Deaths

  • January 18 – Maria of Portugal, infanta (born 1313)source
  • May 28 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (born 1291)source
  • July 13 – Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian jurist (born 1313)source
  • Rao Tida, Rathore ruler of Marwarsource
  • Kazerouni, Masoud, Persian physiciansource
  • Ziauddin Barani, historian and political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate (born 1285)source
  • Jani Beg, Khan of the Blue Hordesource
  • Battle of Bubat: The Sundanese royal family is massacred by the Majapahit Army on the orders of Gajah Mada; the death toll includes Sundanese King Lingga Buana and Princess Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi, who commits suicide.source
  • Usman Serajuddin, court scholar of the Bengal Sultanate (born 1258)source