1376

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Centuries:	13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Decades:	1340s 1350s 1360s - 1370s - 1380s 1390s 1400s
Years:	1373 1374 1375 - 1376 - 1377 1378 1379

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Year 1376 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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March – The peace treaty between England and France is extended until April of 1377.
April 28 - The start of Good Parliament in England, so called because its members attempted to reform the corrupt Royal Council.
May 3 - Olav IV Haakonsson is elected King Oluf II of Denmark, following the death of his grandfather, Valdemar IV, in 1375.
June 7 – The dying Prince Edward summons his father Edward III and brother John of Gaunt and makes them swear to uphold the claim to the throne of his son Richard.
June 8 – Edward, the Black Prince dies, becoming the first English Prince of Wales to not rule as king.
July 10 – The Good Parliament is dissolved. At that time, it was the longest Parliament to have sat in England.
August 12 - With the help of the Genoese, Byzantine co-emperor Andronicus IV Palaeologus invades Constantinople and dethrones his father, John V Palaeologus, as co-emperor. John V Palaeologus is taken prisoner.
September – John of Gaunt summons religious reformer John Wycliffe to appear before the Royal Council to defend Gaunt from bishops who have become his enemies.
Fall - John of Gaunt, through the Royal Council, proceeds to undo the work of the Good Parliament.
December 25 – John of Gaunt presents his nephew, Prince Richard of Bordeaux, to the feudatories of the realm and swears to uphold Richard's right to succeed Edward III.
Khan Qamar al-din of Mongolistan unsuccessfully invades Timur’s eastern province of Farghana.
Timur leads his army against troops of the White Horde which have arrived at Sighnaq. However, winter sets in, preventing an immediate battle.
Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow raids Mongol ruled Volga Bulgaria (now in Russia).
Acamapichtli is elected Tlatoani of the Aztec empire after the death of Tenoch, the first Aztec ruler.
Catherine of Siena visits Pope Gregory XI in Avignon to attempt to persuade him to make peace with Florence and move the Papacy back to Rome.
The city of Sredets in Bulgaria is renamed Sofia after the Church of St Sophia
Mamluk Sultan of Egypt Nasir-ad-Din Shaban II is succeeded by Alah-ad-Din Ali.
Qutbuddin succeeds his brother, Shahabuddin, as Sultan of Kashmir.

**1376 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1376 MCCCLXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2129
Armenian calendar	825 ԹՎ ՊԻԵ
Bahá'í calendar	-468 – -467
Berber calendar	2326
Buddhist calendar	1920
Burmese calendar	738
Chinese calendar	4012/4072-12-10 (乙卯年十二月初十日) — to — 4013/4073-11-20 (丙辰年十一月二十日)
Coptic calendar	1092 – 1093
Ethiopian calendar	1368 – 1369
Hebrew calendar	5136 – 5137
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1431 – 1432
- Shaka Samvat	1298 – 1299
- Kali Yuga	4477 – 4478
Holocene calendar	11376
Iranian calendar	754 – 755
Islamic calendar	777 – 778
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3709
Thai solar calendar	1919
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