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1366 CE

Frederick III of Sicily forbids decorations on synagogues. Comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle passes 0.0229 AU km mi from Earth. War continues between the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire and the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate in modern-day southern India.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • March 13 – Henry II deposes his half-brother, Pedro of Castile, to become King of Castile.source
  • The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed, aiming to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland.source
  • Dmitri Donskoi, ruler of Moscow and Vladimir, makes peace with Dmitri Konstantinovich, former ruler of Vladimir.source

Conflict & Security

  • War continues between the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire and the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate in modern-day southern India.source
  • Zhu Yuanzhang, leader of the Red Turban Rebellion that will overthrow the Yuan dynasty and establish the Ming dynasty two years later, begins building the walls for a new capital city at Nanjing.source
  • Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz I of Morocco succeeds assassinated Abu Zayyan as Sultan of the Marinid Empire in Morocco.source

Economy & Finance

  • The Den Hoorn brewery is founded at Leuven in the Low Countries. In 1717 this will be renamed the Brouwerij Artois, and later releases a beer in 1926 named Stella Artois.source

Science & Discovery

  • October 26 – Comet 55P/Tempel–Tuttle passes 0.0229 AU km mi from Earth.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • October 12 – Frederick III of Sicily forbids decorations on synagogues.source

Culture & Society

  • Thomas Fraser obtains lands in Aberdeenshire (Scotland) on which he starts the building of a towerhouse, that will later be known as Muchalls Castle.source

Births

  • May 11 – Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (d. 1394)source
  • August 28 – Jean Le Maingre, marshal of France (d. 1421)source
  • Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (d.1399)source
  • Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, English noblewoman (d. 1425)source
  • Miran Shah, governor of Azerbaijan (d. 1408)source

Deaths

  • January 25 – Henry Suso, German mystic (b. c. 1295)source
  • April 26 – Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterburysource
  • May 20 – Maria of Calabria, Empress of Constantinople (b. 1329)source
  • October 14 – Ibn Nubata, Arab poet (b. 1287)source
  • October 18 – Petrus Torkilsson, Archbishop of Uppsalasource
  • Summer – Ming Yuzhen, founder of the rebel empire of Daxia (b. 1331)source