1364
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 Albrekt of Mecklenburg becomes king of Sweden | |
| The year 1364 |
Events
January–December
- February 15 – Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg the new king of Sweden.
- April 8 – Charles V becomes King of France.[1]
- May 12 – The Jagiellonian University is founded in Kraków.
- July 28 – Battle of Cascina: Forces of the Republic of Florence, led by Galeotto Malatesta, defeat those of Pisa.
- 6 August – Ignatius Saba I becomes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin.
- September 10 – Philip of Anjou becomes Titular Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Taranto.
- September 29 – Battle of Auray: The Breton War of Succession ends, with the victory of the House of Montfort over Charles of Blois.
Date unknown
- Vladislav I (also known as Vlaicu-Vodă) becomes voivode of Wallachia.
- Bogdana Monastery is built in Moldavia.
- Rana Kshetra Singh succeeds Rana Hamir Singh, as ruler of Mewar (part of modern-day western India).
- Anavema Reddy succeeds Anavota Reddy, as ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (part of modern-day southern India).
- The Kingdom of Ava is established by Thado Minbya in modern-day northern Burma. Some chronicles and sources however date the event in 1365.
Births
- November 30 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
- December 16 – Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
- date unknown
- Christine de Pizan, French writer (d. 1430)
- Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1431)
- Gyaltsab Je, first throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (d. 1432)
- Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī, Persian mathematician (d. 1436)
Deaths
- April 8 – King John II of France (b. 1319)[2]
- June 19 – Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon (b. 1292)
- June 30 – Arnošt of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
- August 5 – Emperor Kōgon of Japan (b. 1313)
- September 10 – Robert of Taranto
- September 29 – Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)
- date unknown
- Nicholas Alexander, voivode of Wallachia
- Gajah Mada, prime minister of the Majapahit empire
- King Valdemar III of Denmark (b. 1314)