1372
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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1340s 1350s 1360s - 1370s - 1380s 1390s 1400s |
| Years: | 1369 1370 1371 - 1372 - 1373 1374 1375 |
| 1372 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1372 MCCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2125 |
| Armenian calendar | 821 ԹՎ ՊԻԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -472 – -471 |
| Berber calendar | 2322 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1916 |
| Burmese calendar | 734 |
| Chinese calendar | 4008/4068-11-25 (辛亥年十一月廿五日) — to —
4009/4069-12-6(壬子年十二月初六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1088 – 1089 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1364 – 1365 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5132 – 5133 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1427 – 1428 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1294 – 1295 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4473 – 4474 |
| Holocene calendar | 11372 |
| Iranian calendar | 750 – 751 |
| Islamic calendar | 773 – 774 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3705 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1915 |
Year 1372 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1372
- June 22 - Battle of La Rochelle: The French & the Castilians defeat the English. The French gain control of the English Channel for the first time since 1340.
- Welshman Owain Lawgoch makes a second attempt to take the throne of Wales from the English. Whilst attacking the island of Guernsey, Owain abandons the invasion in order to fight the English at the Battle of La Rochelle.
- The city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins, the first city in the world to do so.
- Four-year-old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as Marinid Sultan of Morocco.
- Newaya Maryam succeeds his father, Newaya Krestos, as ruler of Ethiopia.
- Peace is declared between the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples.
- The Kingdom of Chūzan (now in southern Japan) enters tributary relations with Ming Dynasty China.
[edit] Births
- March 13 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, son of king Charles V of France (d. 1407)
- Makhdoom Ali Mahimi, Sufi saint from India
- Princess Beatrice of Portugal, future Queen of Portugal and Queen-consort of Castile (d. 1410)
[edit] Deaths
- August 31 - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
- Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (b. 1318)
- Bagrat I the Little, King of Georgia
