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Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s

Years: 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362 - 1363 - 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368

Events

July-December

August 30 to October 4 - the Battle of Lake Poyang is fought between the Dahan rebel forces of Chen Youliang and the Red Turban Rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang on Lake Poyang, during the final decade of Yuan Dynasty control over China. Zhu's naval forces of 200,000 are pitted against Chen's naval forces of 650,000 troops in what is not only the largest naval battle of the medieval age, but also one of the largest naval battles in history.

Undated

Magnus II, King of Sweden, is deposed by Albert of Mecklenburg.
Haakon VI of Norway marries Margaret I of Denmark.
Philip the Bold becomes duke of Burgundy.
The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is completed in Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Afdal al-Abbas succeeds Al-Mujahid Ali as Rasulid Sultan of Yemen.
The Byzantine Empire wins a naval battle over the Ottoman Empire near Megara, Greece.
Bosnian nobles revolt against the occupying Serbs.
An uprising occurs against the Venetian rulers in Crete.
Dmitri Donskoi, ruler of Moscow, dethrones Dmitri Konstantinovich as ruler of Vladimir.

Births

December 14 - Jean Gerson, chancellor of the University of Paris
King U of Goryeo
Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (d. 1443)
Thomas Langley, cardinal bishop of Durham and lord chancellor of England

Deaths

January 13 - Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol
Simone Boccanegra, first doge of Genoa
Ranulf Higdon, English chronicler (approximate date; b. c. 1299)
Longchenpa, teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism (b. 1308)
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (b. 1332)

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