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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1351''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Edward III of England]] institutes the [[Treason Act 1351]], defining treason in English law. It remains unrepealed into the 21st century.<ref>Blackstone, William; Stewart, James (1839). The Rights of Persons, According to the Text of Blackstone: Incorporating the Alterations Down to the Present Time. p. 77.</ref><ref>The Treason Act 1351 legislation.gov.uk.</ref>
* [[February]] &ndash; Enactments by the [[Parliament of England]]:
** The [[Statute of Labourers 1351|Statute of Labourers]] deals with a labour shortage caused by the [[Black Death]].
** [[Statute of Provisors]] prevents the Pope from appointing clergy to English [[benefice]]s.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|author2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=104–106|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; The [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] is established by King [[Uthong]] (Ramathibodi I) in modern-day [[Thailand]].<ref>Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk (11 May 2017). A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World (Kindle ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 43.</ref> He begins to propagate [[Theravada Buddhism]] as the state religion.
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] succeeds Mohammad Tughlaq as ruler of the [[Delhi Sultanate]]. At this time, the [[Samma dynasty]] in [[Sindh]] (part of modern-day Pakistan) breaks away from the Sultanate.
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[War of the Breton Succession]]: [[Combat of the Thirty]] &ndash; Thirty chosen [[knight]]s each, from the Kingdoms of France and [[Kingdom of England|England]], fight to determine who will rule the [[Duchy of Brittany]]; a Franco-Breton victory is assured by the [[squire]] Guillaume de Montauban.
*[[April 1]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Saintes]]. &ndash; The French are defeated by the English.<ref>Wagner, John A. (2006). "Saintes, Battle of (1351)". Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0313327360. p. 275.</ref>
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: Battle of Taillebourg. &ndash; The French are defeated by the English.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Rickard|first=J.|date=2000-10-03|title=Battle of Taillebourg, 8 April 1351|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_taillebourg.html|encyclopedia=Military History Encyclopedia on the Web|access-date=2015-03-26}}</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Canton of Zürich|Zürich]] joins the [[Old Swiss Confederacy]].
* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Emperor Sukō]] abdicates as 3rd Emperor of the [[Northern Court]] of Japan.

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* The [[Red Turban Rebellions]] break out in China, leading to permanent weakening of the [[Mongolia]]n-run [[Yuan dynasty]].
* King [[Gongmin of Goryeo|Gongmin]] ascends the throne in [[Goryeo]].
* The region of [[Vantaa]] in Finland is first mentioned (as ''Helsinge'').</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Gian Galeazzo Visconti]], first Duke of Milan (d. [[1402]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Leopold III, Duke of Austria]] (d. [[1386]])
* Princess [[Joan of France (1351–1371)|Joan of France]] (d. [[1371]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Władysław II Jagiełło]], [[Grand Duke of Lithuania]] and King of Poland (d. [[1434]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Kō no Morofuyu]], Japanese general
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]], Sultan of Delhi
* [[March 25]] 
**[[Kō no Moronao]], Japanese samurai
**[[Kō no Moroyasu]], Japanese samurai
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman]], Sultan of Morocco (b. [[1297]])
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Margareta Ebner]], German nun (b. [[1291]])
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Joanna of Pfirt]], duchess consort of Austria

== References ==
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