1369
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Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
Decades: | 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s |
Years: | 1366 1367 1368 - 1369 - 1370 1371 1372 |
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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Year 1369 (MCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1369
- King Charles V of France renounces the Treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. The French recapture most of Aquitaine.
- 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.
- Edward the Black Prince ends his military alliance with Pedro of Castile due to ill-health. Pedro subsequently loses the Battle of Montiel to an alliance between the French and his half-brother Henry II. Henry murders Pedro after the battle and becomes King of Castille for a second time.
- The Thai Kingdom of Ayutthaya conquers Cambodia for a second time.
- 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.
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 |
Chinese calendar | 4005/4065-11-22 (戊申年十一月廿二日) — to —
4006/4066-12-2(己酉年十二月初二日) |
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
- Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (d. 1435)
- William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (d. 1414)
- John Dunstaple, English composer (d. 1453)
- Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer (d. 1415)
[edit] Deaths
- January 17 - King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328)
- March 23 - King Pedro of Castile (b. 1334)
- August 15 - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England
- September 12 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (plague) (b. 1345)
- October 3 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
- John Chandos, English knight
- Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar (b. 1285)
- Ramathibodi I, first king of Ayutthaya (b. 1314)
- Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray
- Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick