1359 CE

The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France. Upon the death of Erik Magnusson, his claims to the Swedish throne die with him, and power is restored undivided to his father, King Magnus. With this unexpected death of Erik Magnusson, a previous promise to give Helsingborg to Denmark was reneged on by Magnus IV Eriksson. But Valdemar IV Atterdag was far too ambitious a ruler to have his plan to reassemble the Danish kingdom fall into pieces, and so he proceeded to invade Scania the next year with his mercenary army. Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as Sultan of Granada (in modern-day Spain).

In the 1350s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • May 25 – The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France.source
  • December 19 – The Catalan Courts are held in Cervera, giving birth to the Deputation of the General of Catalonia (Diputació del General de Catalunya), also called Generalitat of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya).source
  • Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.source
  • earliest possible date – Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia (modern-day Moldova) after freeing it from Hungarian control. He will be ancestor of the House of Bogdan, who will rule Moldavia for more than three centuries.source

Conflict & Security

  • June 21 – Upon the death of Erik Magnusson, his claims to the Swedish throne die with him, and power is restored undivided to his father, King Magnus. With this unexpected death of Erik Magnusson, a previous promise to give Helsingborg to Denmark was reneged on by Magnus IV Eriksson. But Valdemar IV Atterdag was far too ambitious a ruler to have his plan to reassemble the Danish kingdom fall into pieces, and so he proceeded to invade Scania the next year with his mercenary army.source
  • August 23 – Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as Sultan of Granada (in modern-day Spain).source
  • August – Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde after the death of Berdi Beg.source
  • probable date – Battle of Megara: A Christian coalition defeats a Turkish raider fleet.source
  • Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe in Persia.source
  • Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as-Said as ruler of the Marinid dynasty, in modern-day Morocco.source
  • The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture Kingdom of Tlemcen in Algeria.source

Religion & Belief

  • July 4 – Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander, Gil de Albornoz.source
  • September – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, and her second husband, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, are absolved from excommunication.source
  • Thomas de Burley, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem appointed Lord Chancellor of IrelandIrelandsource

Health & Medicine

  • Ananda Patel (considered common ancestor for most of the modern-day population of Bhadran) moves to Bhadran from Anklav.source

Births

  • January 11 – Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (died 1393)source
  • May 19 - Francesco Novello da Carrara, Italian lord (died 1406)source
  • July 15 – Antonio Correr, Spanish cardinal (died 1445)source
  • Sheikh Bedreddin, Ottoman mystic and revolutionary (died 1420)source
  • Ashikaga Ujimitsu, Japanese warrior, (died 1398)source
  • Ibn al-Majdi, Egyptian astronomer (died 1447)source
  • John III, Count of Armagnac, French count (died 1391)source
  • Intharacha, Thai king, (died 1424)source
  • James Butler, Irish nobleman (died 1405)source
  • Niccolò da Uzzano, Italian politician, (died 1431)source
  • John V, German nobleman (died 1437)source
  • Wang Zhong, Chinese marquis (died 1409)source
  • probable – Owain Glyndŵr, last Welsh Prince of Wales (died 1416)source
  • John Dinham, English knight (d 1428)source
  • James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, died 1405Irelandsource

Deaths

  • June 21 – Erik Magnusson, king of Sweden since 1356 (born 1339)source
  • October 10 – King Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1310)source
  • October 25 – Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (born 1293)source
  • November 13 – Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Moscovy (born 1326)source
  • December 14 – Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (born 1332)source
  • date unknown – Jeanne de Clisson, French noblewoman and privateer (born 1300)source