1366 CE

Henry II deposes his half-brother, Pedro of Castile, to become King of Castile. Frederick III of Sicily forbids decorations on synagogues. War continues between the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire and the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate in modern-day southern India.

In the 1360s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • March 13 – Henry II deposes his half-brother, Pedro of Castile, to become King of Castile.source
  • The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed, aiming to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland.source
  • Dmitri Donskoi, ruler of Moscow and Vladimir, makes peace with Dmitri Konstantinovich, former ruler of Vladimir.source

Conflict & Security

  • War continues between the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire and the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate in modern-day southern India.source
  • Zhu Yuanzhang, leader of the Red Turban Rebellion that will overthrow the Yuan dynasty and establish the Ming dynasty two years later, begins building the walls for a new capital city at Nanjing.source
  • Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz I of Morocco succeeds assassinated Abu Zayyan as Sultan of the Marinid Empire in Morocco.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Irish Parliament at Kilkenny before Prince Lionel of Clarence, Earl of Ulster codifies the legislation of the previous 50 years in the Statutes of Kilkenny, prohibiting, among other things, the adoption of the Irish language by the colonists.Irelandsource

Economy & Finance

  • The Den Hoorn brewery is founded at Leuven in the Low Countries. In 1717 this will be renamed the Brouwerij Artois, and later releases a beer in 1926 named Stella Artois.source

Science & Discovery

Disasters & Accidents

Culture & Society

  • Thomas Fraser obtains lands in Aberdeenshire (Scotland) on which he starts the building of a towerhouse, that will later be known as Muchalls Castle.source

Births

  • May 11 – Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (died 1394)source
  • August 28 – Jean Le Maingre, marshal of France (died 1421)source
  • Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (d.1399)source
  • Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, English noblewoman (died 1425)source
  • Miran Shah, governor of Azerbaijan (died 1408)source

Deaths