Year 1350 ( MCCCL) was a common year starting on Friday of the

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Events

January–December

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. * 1038 – An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimate ...

– Giovanni II Valente becomes

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. * May 23 (possible date) – Hook and Cod wars in the

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: A number of nobles and progressive cities supporting William V, Count of Holland, in his power struggle with his mother Margaret I, Countess of Holland, found the Cod League and perhaps sign the Cod Alliance Treaty. * August 29 – Battle of Winchelsea (''Les Espagnols sur Mer'') off the south coast of England: An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet. * September 5 – Hook and Cod wars in the

: Conservative noblemen found the Hook League and sign the Hook Alliance Treaty. * November 17 – To pay for the expenses of the revived war with the

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, the

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has to subscribe a loan at an interest rate of 10%, from an association of creditors known as the ''Compera imposita per gerra Venetorum''.

Date unknown

* Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire. * The Punta Lobos massacre is carried out by members of the powerful Chimu Empire in Peru, leaving a residue of 200 murders. * The

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first appears in

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and

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. * The castle of

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is largely destroyed by Rudolf Brun, mayor of the city of Zürich. * Approximate date – Latest likely date for first permanent settlement of

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Births

January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. * 1229 ...

– Vincent Ferrer, Valencian missionary and saint (d. 1419) *

April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. * 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...

– Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (d. 1405) * June 27 – Manuel II Palaiologos,

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(d. 1425) * October 12 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Muscovy and Vladimir (d. 1389) *

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 ...

– Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt (approximate date; d. 1403) * December 27 – John I of Aragon (d. 1396) * ''date unknown'' ** Jehuda Cresques, Catalan cartographer (d. 1427) ** Agnolo Gaddi, Italian painter (d. 1396) ** William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England (approximate date; d. 1419) ** Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 1397) ** John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; d.

1400 Year 1400 ( MCD) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The year 1400 was not a leap year in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar, it was a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January–March * January 4 ...

) ** Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (d. 1425) ** John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (approximate date; d. 1414) **

Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (c. 1350–1416) was a medieval Bosnian nobleman and magnate, Grand Duke of Bosnia, Knez of Donji Kraji, and Duke of Split. He was the most prominent member of the Hrvatinić noble family, and one of the major feu ...

(d. 1415) ** William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1399) ** Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish historian (d. 1420) ** Záviš von Zap, Czech theologian and composer (d. c. 1411)

Deaths

January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...

– Giovanni I di Murta, second doge of the Republic of Genoa * March 26 or 27 March –

Alfonso XI of Castile Alfonso XI (11 August 131126 March 1350), called the Avenger (''el Justiciero''), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes ...

(b. 1311) * August 22 – Philip VI of France (b. 1293) * November 19 – Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu * December 26 – Jean de Marigny, French bishop * ''date unknown'' ** Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn, last Gaelic Mormaer of Strathearn ** Gayatri Rajapatni,

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of Majapahit * ''probable'' ** Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (b. c. 1283) ** Margaret, Countess of Soissons ** Namdev, Marathi saint and poet (b. 1270) * ''supposed'' –

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, German prankster

References

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