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1350s

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  • 1351
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The 1350s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1350, and ended on December 31, 1359.

Events

1350

January–December

Date unknown

  • Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire.
  • The Black Death first appears in Scotland and Sweden.
  • The Ayutthaya Kingdom is established by King Ramathibodi I.
  • The castle of Rapperswil is largely destroyed by Rudolf Brun, mayor of the city of Zürich.
  • The national law of Magnus Erikssons landslag is introduced in Sweden.

1351

January–December

Date unknown

1352

January–December

Date unknown

1353

January–December

Date unknown

1354

January–December

Date unknown

  • After 24 years of struggling for independence, since the Battle of Posada (1330), won against Hungarians by his father, Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia becomes vassal to Hungarian king Louis I.
  • The Ottoman Turks capture the city of Didymoteicho from the Byzantine Empire.
  • The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang is established by Fa Ngum.
  • Sahab-ud-Din becomes Sultan of Kashmir.
  • Assassins strike down Sultan Hassan, and his body is never returned.

1355

1356

January–December

Date unknown

1357

January–December

Date unknown

  • King David II of Scotland is released by the English, in return for a ransom.[8]
  • Berdibek succeeds Jani Beg, as Khan of the Blue Horde.[9]
  • 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.
  • Rao Kanhadev becomes Rathore ruler of Marwar (now part of India).[10]
  • Influenza is first identified as a disease.[11]
  • The first public exhibition of the Shroud of Turin is recorded.[12]
  • The Blue Horde unseats Ghazan II as the ruler of the Il-Khanate, and appoints their own governor.
  • The Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Famous Wat Yai) Temple is constructed in Phitsanulok, Thailand.[13]
  • In France, the Estates General passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.[14]

1358

January–December

Date unknown

  • Estimation: Nanjing in Mongolian China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Mongolian China.[15]
  • Mubarazuddin Muhammad, leader of the Arab Muzaffarid tribe, expels the Blue Horde from Ilkhanate territory in Persia. The Muzaffarid then release control of the Il-Khanate, after being marched on by the Mongol Jalayirid tribe, ruled by Shaikh Uvais. Shaikh Uvais becomes the new Il-Khan. The Ilkhanate is effectively now disbanded, and replaced by the Jalayirid dynasty of Persia.
  • Shah Shuja overthrows his father, Mubarazuddin Muhammad, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe.
  • Mohammed Shah I becomes Bahmani Sultan of Deccan (now part of southern India) after the death of Sultan Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah.
  • Muhammad II as Said becomes ruler of the Marinid Dynasty in present-day Morocco, after the assassination of Abu Inan Faris.

1359

January–December

Date unknown

  • Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
  • Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband, Louis of Bavaria, are absolved from excommunication.
  • Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as Said, as ruler of the Merinid Dynasty, in present-day Morocco.
  • Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia (now 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.
  • The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture Algeria.
  • Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe in Persia.
  • Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde, after the death of Berdi Beg.
  • Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as King of Granada (in present-day Spain).
  • Ananda Patel (considered common ancestor for most of current population of Bhadran) moved to Bhadran from Anklav.
  • probable date – Battle of Megara: A Christian coalition defeats a Turkish raider fleet.

Births

1350

1351

1352

1353

1354

  • Constance of Castile, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1394)
  • Denis, Lord of Cifuentes, infante of Portugal (d. c.1397)
  • Alonso Enríquez, Spanish nobleman (d. 1429)
  • Frederick III, Count of Moers, German nobleman (d. 1417)
  • Gilbert de Greenlaw, Scottish bishop (d. 1421)
  • Jean de Grouchy, Norman knight (k. 1435)
  • Margaret of Joinville, French noblewoman (d. 1418)
  • Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley, English nobleman (d. 1416)
  • Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1411/12)
  • Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales, English nobleman (d. 1387)
  • Catherine of Vendôme, French noblewoman (d. 1412)
  • Violante Visconti, Italian noblewoman (d. 1386)
  • Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein, German nobleman (d. 1393)

1355

1356

1357

1358

1359

Deaths

1350

1351

1352

1353

1354

  • date unknown – Wu Zhen, Chinese painter (b. 1280)

1355

1356

1357

1358

1359


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  3. ^ Nicolle, David and Hook, Adam. Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710. Osprey Publishing, 2010. Accessed 3 Sept 2011.
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