1370
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1340s 1350s 1360s – 1370s – 1380s 1390s 1400s |
| Years: | 1367 1368 1369 – 1370 – 1371 1372 1373 |
| 1370 by topic | |
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| 1370 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1370 MCCCLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2123 |
| Armenian calendar | 819 ԹՎ ՊԺԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6120 |
| Bengali calendar | 777 |
| Berber calendar | 2320 |
| English Regnal year | 43 Edw. 3 – 44 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1914 |
| Burmese calendar | 732 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6878–6879 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4066 or 4006 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4067 or 4007 |
| Coptic calendar | 1086–1087 |
| Discordian calendar | 2536 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1362–1363 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5130–5131 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1426–1427 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1292–1293 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4471–4472 |
| Holocene calendar | 11370 |
| Igbo calendar | 370–371 |
| Iranian calendar | 748–749 |
| Islamic calendar | 771–772 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōan 3 (応安３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1370 MCCCLXX |
| Korean calendar | 3703 |
| Minguo calendar | 542 before ROC 民前542年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1912–1913 |
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Year 1370 (MCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- May 24 – The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.
- October 20 – Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Constantinople, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria.
- December 20 – Pope Gregory XI succeeds Pope Urban V as the 201st pope.
Date unknown
- The steel crossbow is first used as a weapon of war.
- Xian City (Chang'an) is fortified against invasion.
- Timur completes his conquest of Central Asia and parts of Persia, establishing the Timurid Empire.
- Trần Nghệ Tông deposes Dương Nhật Lễ as emperor of Đại Việt, now Vietnam.
- For the second time since 1368, Grand Duchy of Moscow attacks Tver, which again counter-attacks with the aid of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Blue Horde.
- Casimir III of Poland is succeeded jointly by his sister, Elisabeth of Kujavia, and her son, Louis I of Hungary, beginning the rule of Poland by the Capet-Anjou family.
- The Siege of Limoges is launched.
Births
- April 11 – Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1428)
- July 23 – Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder, humanist (d. 1444 or 1445)
- date unknown
- Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (d. 1443)
- Guarino da Verona, Italian humanist (d. 1460)
- John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1408)
- King Olav IV of Norway (d. 1387)
- Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (d. 1428)
- Jan Sindel, Polish scientist (d. 1443)
- probable
- Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles II of Navarre (d. 1437)
- John Lydgate, English Benedictine monk and poet (d. 1451)
- Paulus Vladimiri, Polish scholar (d. 1435)
- Duke William of Austria (d. 1406)
Deaths
- May 31 – St Vitalis of Assisi (b. 1295)
- November 5 – Casimir III of Poland (b. 1310)
- December 19 – Pope Urban V (b. 1310)
- date unknown
- Vedanta Desika, Hindu poet (b. 1269)
- Yang Weizhen, painter (b. c. 1296)
- Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan, last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1320)