1354

Events of 1354

• February 12 - The Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.
• October 8 - Cola di Rienzo, self-proclaimed "tribune" of Rome, is killed by an angry mob.
• The reign of John VI Cantacuzenus as Byzantine Emperor is ended, after he loses a battle to John V Palaiologos, who is restored as sole emperor.
• The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang is established.
• Sahab-ud-Din becomes Sultan of Kashmir.
• The Turks capture the cities of Kallipolis and Didymoteicho from the Byzantine Empire.
• The sultan of Morocco appoints a scribe to write an account of the travels of Ibn Battuta.

Births

• date unknown
• Constance of Castile, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1394)
• Bayezid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1403)

Deaths

• January 16 - Joanna of Châtillon, Duchess of Athens
• August 9 - Stephen, Duke of Slavonia, (b. 1332)
• September 7 - Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice (b. 1306)
• October 8 - Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune
• date unknown
• Wu Zhen, painter (b. 1280)
• Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada (b. 1318)