1370
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This Source| Years: 1367 1368 1369 - 1370 - 1371 1372 1373 | |
| Decades: 1340s 1350s 1360s - 1370s - 1380s 1390s 1400s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
Events
- 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.
- The steel crossbow is first used as a weapon of war.
- Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London.
- Xian City (Chang'an) is fortified against invasion.
- Timur completes his conquest of Central Asia and parts of Persia, establishing the Timurid Empire.
- Tran Phu deposes Duong Nhat Le as King of Vietnam.
- For the second time since 1368, Moscow attacks Tver, which again counter-attacks with the aid 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.
Births
- Duke William of Austria (d. 1406)
- Guarino da Verona, Italian humanist (d. 1460).
- Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles II of Navarre (d. 1437)
- John Lydgate, English Benedictine monk and poet (d. 1451)
- Queen Mary of Sicily (d. 1402)
- Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (d. 1443)
- King Olaf IV of Norway (d. 1387)
- John VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1408)
- Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (d. 1428)
- Jan Sindel, Polish scientist (d. 1443)
- Jan Zizka, leader of the Hussites (d. 1424)
- Pawel Wlodkowic, Polish scholar (d. 1435)
- Leonardo Bruni, Florentine rhetorician, historian
- Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder
Deaths
- December 19 - Pope Urban V (b. 1310)
- Casimir III of Poland (b. 1310)
- Ukhaatu Khan, Grand khan of the Mongol Empire (b. 1320)
- Shi Nai'an, Chinese author (b. 1296)
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