Year 1374 ( MCCCLXXIV) was a

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of the

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Events

January–December

* April 23 – In recognition of his services,

Edward III of England Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after t ...

grants the English writer

Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer ( ; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He w ...

a gallon of wine a day, for the rest of his life. * June 24 – The illness dancing mania begins in Aix-la-Chapelle (

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), possibly due to ergotism. * October 27 – King Gongmin of Goryeo is assassinated and succeeded by U of Goryeo on the throne of

Goryeo Goryeo (; ) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korea, Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392. Goryeo achieved what has b ...

(in modern-day Korea). *

November 25 Events Pre-1600 *571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Ancient Rome, Rome, celebrates the first of his three Roman triumph, triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans. *1034 – Máel Coluim II of Scotland, Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, Ki ...

– James of Baux succeeds his uncle, Philip II, as Prince of Taranto (modern-day eastern

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

) and titular ruler of the Latin Empire (northern

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and western

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Date unknown

* Rao Biram Dev succeeds Rao Kanhadev as ruler of Marwar (the modern-day Jodhpur district of

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

). * Shaikh Hasan Jalayir succeeds his father, Shaykh Uways Jalayir, as ruler of the Jalayirid Sultanate in modern-day

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

and western

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. Hasan proves to be an unpopular ruler and is executed on October 9 and succeeded by his brother, Shaikh Hussain Jalayir. * Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire (modern-day

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and

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

). * Robert de Juilly succeeds Raymond Berenger as Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller. * Princes from the Kingdom of Granada choose Abu al-Abbas Ahmad to succeed Muhammad as-Said, as Sultan of the Marinid Empire in

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

. The Empire is split into the Kingdom of Fez and the Kingdom of Marrakech. * A form of the Great Plague returns to Europe. * The Château de Compiègne royal residence is built in

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Births

* April 11 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d. 1398) * November 26 – Yury Dmitrievich, Russian grand prince (d. 1434) * ''probable'' ** Queen Jadwiga of Poland ** King Martin I of Sicily (d. 1409)

Deaths

* March 12 – Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (b. 1338). * June 5 or

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointe ...

– William Whittlesey,

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* June 29 – Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer * July 19 – Petrarch, Italian

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(b. 1304) *

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– Joanna of Flanders, Duchess of

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

(b. 1295) * October 27 – King Gongmin of Goryeo (b. 1330) *

– Prince Philip II of Taranto * December 1 – Magnus Eriksson, king of

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(b. 1316) * ''date unknown'' – Gao Qi, Chinese poet (born 1336) * ''date unknown'' – Konrad of Megenberg, historian (b. 1309)

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