1356
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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1320s 1330s 1340s - 1350s - 1360s 1370s 1380s |
| Years: | 1353 1354 1355 - 1356 - 1357 1358 1359 |
| 1356 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1356 MCCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2109 |
| Armenian calendar | 805 ԹՎ ՊԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -488 – -487 |
| Berber calendar | 2306 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1900 |
| Burmese calendar | 718 |
| 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) |
| Coptic calendar | 1072 – 1073 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1348 – 1349 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5116 – 5117 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1411 – 1412 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1278 – 1279 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4457 – 4458 |
| Holocene calendar | 11356 |
| Iranian calendar | 734 – 735 |
| Islamic calendar | 756 – 758 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3689 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1899 |
Year 1356 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1356
- January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders his title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England.
- 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 Basel earthquake destroys the city of Basel in Switzerland.
- December 25 - Emperor Charles IV promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution for the Holy Roman Empire.
- The city of Lwów is 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 Hanseatic League, a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe, is officially founded.
- Ghazan II replaces Anusirvan as ruler of the Il-Khanate in Persia.
- Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the leaders in the Red Turban Rebellion, captures the city of Nanjing from the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty in China; from then on it becomes his base of power and the capital of a new dynasty he will establish in 1368, the Ming Dynasty.
[edit] Births
- King Martin I of Aragon (d. 1410)
[edit] Deaths
- September 19 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
- Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
- Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (b. 1304)
- Zheng Yunduan, Chinese poet (b. c.1327)
