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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1361''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[An-Nasir Hasan]], [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultan]] of Egypt, is killed by one of his own [[mamluk]]s, [[Yalbugha al-Umari]], who, with the senior Mamluk emirs, has [[Al-Mansur Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt|al-Mansur Muhammad]] installed as the new sultan.<ref>Bauden, Frédéric. "The Qalawunids: A Pedigree" http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/qalawunids/qalawunid-pedigree.pdf  (PDF). University of Chicago. Retrieved 2023-06-21.</ref>
* [[April 13]] &ndash; The [[University of Pavia]] is founded, on the [[Italian Peninsula]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.unipv.eu/site/en/home/about-us/history.html|title=History|website=www.unipv.eu|language=it|access-date=2017-10-10|archive-date=2017-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215221758/http://www.unipv.eu/site/en/home/about-us/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; King [[Magnus IV Eriksson]] sends a letter to the citizens of [[Visby]], with a warning of an upcoming [[Battle of Visby|Danish invasion]].
* [[July 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of Visby]]: King [[Valdemar IV of Denmark]] conquers the city of  [[Visby]] by defeating the defending [[Gutnish]] country yeomen, and takes [[Gotland]].<ref>Lihammer, Anna (2011). ”Slaget om Visby”. Arkeologiska upptäckter i Sverige. Lund: Historiska Media ISBN 978-91-85873-96-8</ref>
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Edward, the Black Prince]] marries [[Joan of Kent]] at [[Windsor Castle]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Palmer, Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* In the [[Marinid]] Empire in modern-day [[Morocco]], [[Abu Salim Ibrahim]] is overthrown by Abu Umar, who is in turn overthrown by Abu Zayyan.
* [[Great Troubles]]: the [[Blue Horde]] descends into anarchy. Between 1361 and [[1378]], over 20 khans succeed each other in different parts of the Blue Horde's territory.
* [[China|Chinese]] rebels capture the [[Goryeo]] capital.
* The earliest known [[musical keyboard]] instrument is built, with the layout of black and white keys that becomes standard.</onlyinclude><ref>[[File:Syntagma_musicum025.gif|left|thumb|Keyboards of [[Halberstadt organ|Nicholas Faber's organ]] for [[Halberstadt]], built in 1361 and enlarged 1495. The illustration is from [[Michael Praetorius|Praetorius]]' ''[[Syntagma Musicum]]'' (1619). At the top is the earliest example of the "seven plus five" layout. The bottom two illustrate the earlier "eight plus four" arrangement]]
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== Births ==
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Wenceslaus, King of the Romans]], King of Bohemia (d. [[1419]])
* ''date unknown'' 
** [[John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont]], Constable of Dover Castle (d. [[1396]])
** [[Isabella, Countess of Foix]], vassal ruler  (d. [[1428]])
** King [[Charles III of Navarre]] (d. [[1425]])
** [[She Xiang]], Chinese tribute chieftain  (d. [[1396]])

== Deaths ==

* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden]] 
* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[An-Nasir Hasan]], [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultan]] of Egypt (b. 1334/35)
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster]], English soldier and diplomat
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Orhan Ghazi]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1274]])
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Philippe de Vitry]], French composer (b. [[1291]])
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Johannes Tauler]], [[German mystic]] theologian
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Ingeborg of Norway]], princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. [[1301]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Louis V, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. [[1315]])
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray]], English baron (b. [[1310]])
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp]], Warden of the Cinque Ports
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Philip I, Duke of Burgundy]] (plague) (b. [[1346]])
* ''date unknown''
** Giovanni, son of [[Francesco Petrarch]] (plague)
** [[Richard Badew]], Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
** [[Reynold Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham of Sterborough]], English knight and diplomat (b. [[1295]])
** [[Hajji Beg]], Barlas leader
** c. 1362 [[Blanche of Bourbon]]

== References ==
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