1361
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1330s 1340s 1350s – 1360s – 1370s 1380s 1390s |
| Years: | 1358 1359 1360 – 1361 – 1362 1363 1364 |
| 1361 by topic | |
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| 1361 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1361 MCCCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2114 |
| Armenian calendar | 810 ԹՎ ՊԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6111 |
| Bengali calendar | 768 |
| Berber calendar | 2311 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Edw. 3 – 35 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1905 |
| Burmese calendar | 723 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6869–6870 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4057 or 3997 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4058 or 3998 |
| Coptic calendar | 1077–1078 |
| Discordian calendar | 2527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1353–1354 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5121–5122 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1417–1418 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1283–1284 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4462–4463 |
| Holocene calendar | 11361 |
| Igbo calendar | 361–362 |
| Iranian calendar | 739–740 |
| Islamic calendar | 762–763 |
| Japanese calendar | Enbun 6 / Kōan 1 (康安元年) |
| Julian calendar | 1361 MCCCLXI |
| Korean calendar | 3694 |
| Minguo calendar | 551 before ROC 民前551年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1903–1904 |
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Year 1361 (MCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- April 13 – The University of Pavia is founded in Italy.
- July 27 – Battle of Visby: King Valdemar IV of Denmark defeats a peasant army.
- October 10 – Edward, the Black Prince, marries Joan, the 'Fair Maid of Kent'.
Date unknown
- In the Marinid Empire in present-day Morocco, Abu Salim Ibrahim is overthrown by Abu Umar, who is in turn overthrown by Abu Zayyan.
- The Blue Horde descends into anarchy. Between 1361 and 1378, over 20 khans succeed each other in different parts of the Blue Horde's territory.
- Chinese rebels capture the Goryeo capital.
Births
- February 26 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
- date unknown
- John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (d. 1396)
- King Charles III of Navarre (d. 1425)
Deaths
- January 7 – Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
- March 23 – Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, English soldier and diplomat
- June 9 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b. 1291)
- June 15 – Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian
- June 17 – Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. 1301)
- September 18 – Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
- October 8 – John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- November 21 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
- date unknown
- Giovanni, son of Francesco Petrarch (plague)
- Richard Badew, Chancellor of Cambridge University
- Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (b. 1295)
- Hajji Beg, Barlas leader