1359
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| Years: 1356 1357 1358 - 1359 - 1360 1361 1362 |
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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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| 1359 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1359 MCCCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2112 |
| Armenian calendar | 808 ԹՎ ՊԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 3995/4055-12-2 (戊戌年十二月初二日) — to —
3996/4056-12-11(己亥年十二月十一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1351 – 1352 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5119 – 5120 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1414 – 1415 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1281 – 1282 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4460 – 4461 |
| Iranian calendar | 737 – 738 |
| Islamic calendar | 760 – 761 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2019 (皇紀2019年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11359 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1902 |
[edit] Events
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389)
- Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
- Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband Louis of Bavaria are absolved from excommunication.
- Second Treaty of London signed between England and France, but rejected by the French States-General on May 25.
- 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.
- 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 Grenada (in present-day Spain).
[edit] Births
- January 11 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393
- Owain Glyndŵr, last Welsh Prince of Wales (died 1416)
- Philippa of Lancaster, queen of John I of Portugal (died 1415)
[edit] Deaths
- October 10 - King Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1310)
- November 13 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Moscovy (b. 1326)
- November 14 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (born 1296)
- King Eric XII of Sweden (born 1339)
- Berdi Beg, khan of the Blue Horde
