1356
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| Years: 1353 1354 1355 - 1356 - 1357 1358 1359 |
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| Decades: 1320s 1330s 1340s - 1350s - 1360s 1370s 1380s |
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| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
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| 1356 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1356 MCCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2109 |
| Armenian calendar | 805 ԹՎ ՊԵ |
| Chinese calendar | 3992/4052-11-29 (乙未年十一月廿九日) — to —
3993/4053-12-10(丙申年十二月初十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1348 – 1349 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5116 – 5117 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1411 – 1412 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1278 – 1279 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4457 – 4458 |
| Iranian calendar | 734 – 735 |
| Islamic calendar | 757 – 758 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Thai solar calendar | 1899 |
σ==Events==
- January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England
- April 16 — the King of the Serbian Kingdom of Raška Stefan Dušan is proclaimed Tsar (Emperor) of all Serbs, Arbanasses and Greeks in Skopje by the Serbian Orthodox Christian Patriarch of a large Balkan Serbian Empire
- September 19 - Battle of Poitiers The English, commanded by the Black Prince, defeat the French in the Hundred Years' War, capturing the King John II of France in the process.
- October 18 - The city of Basle in Switzerland is destroyed by an earthquake.
- December 25 - Emperor Charles IV. promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution for the Holy Roman Empire
- The city of Lwów granted Magdeburg rights by Casimir III of Poland
- The majority of the Great Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan to build fortresses and mosques in the nearby city of Cairo, leaving the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.
- Burnt Candlemas - Edward III of England burns down every town and village in Lothian, Scotland.
- The official founding of the Hanseatic League, a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe.
- Ghazan II replaces Anusirvan as ruler of the Il-Khanate in Persia.
- The Great and Holy Stark invents a cryptic game played in the dirt called Linerider.
[edit] Births
- King Martin I of Aragon (died 1410)
[edit] Deaths
- September 19 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
- Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1311)
- Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (born 1304)
