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1362 CE

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania switches New Year to January 1, before any other country does. King Haakon VI of Norway, son of King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden, proclaims himself king of Sweden in opposition to his father. However, later in the year, father and son are reconciled and rule Sweden together. Lionel of Antwerp, son of King Edward III of England, is created Duke of Clarence.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • February 15 – King Haakon VI of Norway, son of King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden, proclaims himself king of Sweden in opposition to his father. However, later in the year, father and son are reconciled and rule Sweden together.source
  • March – Murad I succeeds his father Orhan as sultan of the Ottoman Empire.source
  • June 22 – An alliance is formed between England and Castile.source
  • October 13 – The Chancellor of England for the first time opens Parliament with a speech in English. Under Edward III, the Pleading in English Act makes English rather than Law French the official language in English law courts.source
  • December 21 – Constantine IV succeeds his cousin, Constantine III, as King of Armenia.source

Conflict & Security

  • March – Champa, during the reign of King Po Binasuor, raids Hóa Châu of Đại Việt, then withdraws.source
  • April 6 – Battle of Brignais: The Free Companies defeat a French army.source
  • April 17 – Kaunas Castle in Lithuania falls to the Teutonic Order, after a month-long siege.source
  • July 8 – Valdemar IV of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in the naval Battle of Helsingborg.source
  • Autumn 1362 or 1363 – Battle of Blue Waters: Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas defeats the Tatars, and takes over Kyiv.source
  • Red Turban Rebellions: Hu Dahai, aide to Zhu Yuanzhang, is killed by Miao chieftains in Yanzhou (part of modern-day Jinhua and Hangzhou). Chaghan Temur is killed and succeeded by his nephew Köke Temür.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • The Ottomans capture Philippopolis (or in 1364, 1371) and Adrianopole (the modern-day city of Edirne, or in 1369) from the Byzantine Empire, reducing its territory to the city of Constantinople, part of the Peloponessus, and some islands.source

Religion & Belief

  • September 28 – Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI, as the 200th pope.source
  • The English Hospice of the Most Holy Trinity and St Thomas is founded in Rome. It goes on to become the English College, a centre for training English priests in Rome.source

Science & Discovery

  • Purported date of the inscription of the Kensington Runestone, at Solem, Minnesota.source

Crime & Justice

  • April – Sultan Muhammad V of Granada, returns to the throne after the murder of the usurper Muhammed VI.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • April 6 – A fire destroys much of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.source

Climate & Environment

  • January 16 – The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes the Netherlands, England, Germany and Denmark, destroying the Danish settlement of Rungholt in the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Humber estuary port of Ravenser Odd in England. The East Frisian island of Buise is broken into two by North Sea floods.source
  • The Öræfajökull volcano erupts in Iceland, resulting in the destruction of the district of Litlahérað by flood and tephra fall.source

Culture & Society

  • January 1 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania switches New Year to January 1, before any other country does.source
  • November – Lionel of Antwerp, son of King Edward III of England, is created Duke of Clarence.source

Births

  • January 16 – Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford and Duke of Ireland (d. 1392)source
  • Empress Xu (Ming dynasty) of China (d. 1407)source
  • Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1420)source
  • probable – Wang Fu, Chinese painter (d. 1416)source
  • Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (d. 1425)source

Deaths

  • March – Orhan, Ottoman sultan (b. 1281)source
  • April 6 – James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)source
  • April 10 – Maud, Countess of Leicester (b. 1339)source
  • May 26 – Louis of Taranto (b. 1320)source
  • June – Under the terms of the will of Sir John de Wingfield (died 1361), the church of St. Andrew and a college of priests are founded in Wingfield, Suffolk, England.source
  • July 11 – Anna von Schweidnitz, empress of Charles IV (b. 1339) (childbirth)source
  • July 22 – Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (b. 1324)source
  • September 7 – Joan of the Tower, Queen consort of king David II of Scotland (b. 1321)source
  • September 12 – Pope Innocent VI (b. 1282 or 1295)source
  • December 10 – Frederick III, Duke of Austria, second son of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1347)source
  • December 21 – Constantine III of Armenia (b. 1313)source