1374
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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1340s 1350s 1360s - 1370s - 1380s 1390s 1400s |
| Years: | 1371 1372 1373 - 1374 - 1375 1376 1377 |
| 1374 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1374 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- April 23 - In recognition of his services, Edward III of England grants the English writer Geoffrey Chaucer a gallon of wine a day for the rest of his life.
- June 24 - The illness dancing mania begins in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), possibly due to ergotism.
- King Gongmin is assassinated and King U ascends to the throne of Goryeo (now in Korea).
- Leu Thai becomes King of Sukhothai (now in northern Thailand) after the death of King Lithai.
- Rao Biram Dev succeeds Rao Kanhadev as ruler of Marwar (now the Jodhpur district of India).
- James of Baux succeeds his uncle, Philip II, as Prince of Taranto (now eastern Italy) and titular ruler of the Latin Empire (now northern Greece and western Turkey).
- Hasan succeeds his father, Shaikh Uvais, as ruler of the Jalayirid sultanate in present-day Iraq and western Iran. Hasan proves to be an unpopular ruler and is executed in the same year. Hasan's brother, Husain, succeeds him as ruler.
- Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire (now Mali & Senegal).
- Robert de Juilly succeeds Raymond Berenger as Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
- Princes from the Kingdom of Grenada choose Abu al-Abbas Ahmad to succeed Muhammad as-Said as Sultan of the Marinid Empire in Morocco. The Empire is split into the Kingdom of Fez and the Kingdom of Marrakech.
- The Château de Compiègne royal residence is built in France.
| Gregorian calendar | 1374 MCCCLXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2127 |
| Armenian calendar | 823 ԹՎ ՊԻԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -470 – -469 |
| Berber calendar | 2324 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1918 |
| Burmese calendar | 736 |
| Chinese calendar | 4010/4070-intercalary 11-18 (癸丑年閏十一月十八日) — to —
4011/4071-11-28(甲寅年十一月廿八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1090 – 1091 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1366 – 1367 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5134 – 5135 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1429 – 1430 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1296 – 1297 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4475 – 4476 |
| Holocene calendar | 11374 |
| Iranian calendar | 752 – 753 |
| Islamic calendar | 775 – 776 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3707 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1917 |
[edit] Births
- King Jadwiga of Poland
- April 11 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d. 1398)
- Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (d. 1444)
- Yuri IV, Russian grand prince (d. 1434)
- Martin I of Sicily (d. 1409)
- Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (d. 1400)
[edit] Deaths
- March 12 - Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336).
- June 5/6 - William Whittlesey, Archbishop of Canterbury
- June 29 – Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer
- July 19 - Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
- September - Joanna of Flanders, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1295)
- November 25 - Prince Philip II of Taranto
- December 1 - Magnus Ericson, co-king of Norway and former co-king of Sweden
- date unknown
