1369
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s |
| Years: | 1366 1367 1368 - 1369 - 1370 1371 1372 |
| 1369 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1369 (MCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1369
- March 14 – Pedro of Castile loses the Battle of Montiel to an alliance between the French and his half-brother Henry II.
- May – King Charles V of France renounces the Treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. The French recapture most of Aquitaine.
- December – Financed by Charles V of France, Welshman Owain Lawgoch launches an invasion fleet against the English in an attempt to claim the throne of Wales. A storm causes Owain to abandon the invasion.
- Venice repels a Hungarian invasion.
- Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.
- Tamerlane names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.
- Košice becomes the first town in Europe to be granted its own coat of arms.
- The Turks invade Bulgaria.
- The Thai Kingdom of Ayutthaya conquers Cambodia for a second time.
| Gregorian calendar | 1369 MCCCLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2122 |
| Armenian calendar | 818 ԹՎ ՊԺԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -475 – -474 |
| Berber calendar | 2319 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1913 |
| Burmese calendar | 731 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6877 – 6878 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年十一月廿二日 (4005/4065-11-22) — to —
己酉年十二月初二日(4006/4066-12-2) |
| Coptic calendar | 1085 – 1086 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1361 – 1362 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5129 – 5130 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1424 – 1425 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1291 – 1292 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4470 – 4471 |
| Holocene calendar | 11369 |
| Iranian calendar | 747 – 748 |
| Islamic calendar | 770 – 771 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3702 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1912 |
- Duong Nhat Le succeeds Tran Hao as King of Vietnam.
- The Hongwu Emperor of the Chinese Ming Dynasty issues a decree ordering every country magistrate in the empire to open a Confucian school of learning.
[edit] Births
- May 28 – Muzio Sforza, condottiero (d. 1424)
- date unknown – William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (d. 1414)
- probable – King Constantine I of Georgia (d. c. 1412)
[edit] Deaths
- January 17 – King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328)
- March 23 – King Pedro of Castile (b. 1334) (murdered after the battle of Montiel)
- August 15 – Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England (b. 1311) (dropsy)
- September 12 – Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (plague) (b. 1345)
- October 3 – Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
- November 13 – Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
- date unknown
- Sir John Chandos, English knight
- Agnes Dunbar, Countess of Moray
- Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Ramathibodi I, first king of Ayutthaya (b. 1314)
