1358 CE
Mohammed Shah I becomes Bahmani Sultan of Deccan (part of modern-day southern India) after the death of Sultan Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah. Treaty of Zadar, between Louis I of Hungary/Croatia and the Republic of Venice: The Venetians lose influence over their former Dalmatian holdings. King Haakon VI of Norway designates the city of Skien as a city with trading privileges, making it the sixth town with city status in Norway.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
Conflict & Security
- January 10 – Muhammad II as Said becomes ruler of the Marinid dynasty in modern-day Morocco after the assassination of Abu Inan Faris.source
- May 28 – Hundred Years' War: The Jacquerie – A peasant rebellion begins in France, which consumes the Beauvais, and allies with Étienne Marcel's seizure of Paris.source
- July 10 – Battle of Mello: The Jacquerie rebellion is defeated by a coalition of nobles, led by Charles II of Navarre.source
- Shah Shuja overthrows his father, Mubarazuddin Muhammad, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe.source
- Mubariz al-Din Muhammad, leader of the Arab Muzaffarid tribe, expels the Blue Horde from Ilkhanate territory in Persia. The Muzaffarid then release control of the Il-Khanate, after being marched on by the Mongol Jalayirid tribe, ruled by Shaikh Uvais. Shaikh Uvais becomes the new Il-Khan. The Ilkhanate is effectively now disbanded, and replaced by the Jalayirid dynasty of Persia.source
- Estimation: Nanjing in Yuan China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Yuan China.source
Exploration & Expansion
- March 16 – King Haakon VI of Norway designates the city of Skien as a city with trading privileges, making it the sixth town with city status in Norway.source
Births
- February 20 – Eleanor of Aragon, queen of John I of Castile (d. 1382)source
- August 24 – King John I of Castile (d. 1390)source
- September 25 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1408)source
- Anne of Auvergne, Sovereign Dauphine of Auvergne and Countess of Forez (d. 1417)source
- Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (d. 1399)source
Deaths
- January 6 – Gertrude van der Oosten, Dutch beguinesource
- January 10 – Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329)source
- February 11 – Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, first Bahmani Sultan of Deccansource
- February 11 – Mohammed Shah I becomes Bahmani Sultan of Deccan (part of modern-day southern India) after the death of Sultan Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah.source
- June 7 – Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (b. 1305)source
- July 31 – Étienne Marcel, Provost of the merchants of Parissource
- August 16 – Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298)source
- August 22 – Isabella of France, queen consort of Edward II of England (b. 1295)source
- November – Gregory of Rimini, Italian philosophersource
- December 29 – Niels Bugge, Danish magnate and rebel leader (murdered) (b. 1300)source
- date unknown – Brian MacCathmhaoil, Irish Bishop of Clogher (plague)source
- c. June – Guillaume Cale, French peasant revolutionary (executed)source