1364 CE

Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg the new king of Sweden. Battle of Cascina: Forces of the Republic of Florence, led by Galeotto Malatesta, defeat those of Pisa. Battle of Auray: The Breton War of Succession ends, with the victory of the House of Montfort over Charles of Blois.

In the 1360s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • April 8 – Charles V becomes King of France.source
  • September 10 – Philip of Anjou becomes Titular Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Taranto.source
  • Anavema Reddy succeeds Anavota Reddy, as ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (part of modern-day southern India).source
  • Vladislav I (also known as Vlaicu-Vodă) becomes voivode of Wallachia.source
  • Robert de Ashton appointed Lord Chancellor of IrelandIrelandsource

Conflict & Security

  • July 28 – Battle of Cascina: Forces of the Republic of Florence, led by Galeotto Malatesta, defeat those of Pisa.source
  • September 29 – Battle of Auray: The Breton War of Succession ends, with the victory of the House of Montfort over Charles of Blois.source
  • Rana Kshetra Singh succeeds Rana Hamir Singh, as ruler of Mewar (part of modern-day western India).source

Exploration & Expansion

  • The Kingdom of Ava is established by Thado Minbya in modern-day northern Burma. Some chronicles and sources however date the event in 1365.source

Religion & Belief

  • August 6 – Ignatius Saba I becomes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin.source
  • Bogdana Monastery is built in Moldavia.source

Culture & Society

  • February 15 – Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg the new king of Sweden.source
  • February 20 – David II of Scotland marries Margaret Drummond.source
  • May 12 – The Jagiellonian University is founded in Kraków.source
  • Lyonel, Duke of Clarence, sent by his father, King Edward III as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to subdue the Irish. He was also the Earl of Ulster and Lord of Connaught, through marriage to his wife, Elizabeth, the only child of the Brown Earl of Ulster. This was his 2nd of 3 attempts. In a few years, as a result of these fruitless shows of force, he had Parliament issue the Statute of Kilkenny.Irelandsource

Births

  • September – Christine de Pizan, French writer (died c.1430)source
  • November 30 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (died 1390)source
  • December 16 – Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (died 1417)source
  • Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī, Persian mathematician (died 1436)source
  • Gyaltsab Je, first throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (died 1432)source
  • al-Maqrizi, Egyptian historian and biographer (died 1442)source

Deaths

  • April 8 – King John II of France (born 1319)source
  • June 19 – Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon (born 1292)source
  • June 30 – Arnošt of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (born 1297)source
  • August 5 – Emperor Kōgon of Japan (born 1313)source
  • September 29 – Charles I, Duke of Brittany (born 1319)source
  • Nicholas Alexander, voivode of Wallachiasource
  • Gajah Mada, prime minister of the Majapahit empiresource
  • King Valdemar III of Denmark (born 1314)source