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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1371''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLXXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Edward, the Black Prince]], gives up the administration of [[Aquitaine]] and returns to England, because of his poor health and heavy debts.
* [[February 17]] &ndash; Rival brothers [[Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria|Ivan Sratsimir]] and [[Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria|Ivan Shishman]] become co-Emperors of [[Bulgaria]] after the death of their father, [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria|Ivan Alexander]]. Bulgaria is weakened by the split.
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Robert II of Scotland|Robert II]] becomes the first [[House of Stuart|Stuart]] king of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]], after the death of his uncle, [[David II of Scotland|David II]].
* [[March 28]] &ndash; The [[London Charterhouse]], a [[Carthusian]] [[monastery]], is founded in [[Aldersgate]].
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-En'yu]] of Japan succeeds [[Emperor Go-Kōgon]] of [[Japan]], becoming the 5th and last Emperor of the [[Northern Court]].
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Baesweiler]]: Brabant is unexpectedly defeated by the Duchy of [[Jülich]].
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[John of Gaunt]], son of King [[Edward III of England]], marries [[Constance of Castile (1354–1394)|Constance of Castile]], daughter of King [[Pedro of Castile]], giving John a claim to the throne of Castile.
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Maritsa]]: Most of the nobility in Serbia are killed by the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]].  
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Lazar of Serbia|Lazar]] succeeds his distant cousin, [[Stefan Uroš V of Serbia|Stefan Uroš V]], as ruler of [[Serbia]], but declines the title of Tsar.

=== Date unknown ===
* The first widely accepted historical reference is made to [[playing cards]] (in [[Spain]]).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bodle |first1=Andy |title=Guide to games: Leaders of the pack: A short history of cards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/22/history-of-playing-cards |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 April 2019 |date=22 November 2008}}</ref>
* Polish priest [[Andrzej Jastrzębiec]] becomes the first bishop of [[Siret]], thus bringing Catholicism to [[Moldavia]].
* Zhao Bing Fa becomes King of [[Mong Mao]] (in modern-day south China/north Myanmar) after the death of his father, [[Si Kefa]].
* Kalamegha claims the vacant title of King of [[Cambodia]] after the power of the [[Thailand|Thai]] invaders from [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Ayutthaya]] begins to weaken. The Ayutthayans are finally expelled in [[1375]].
* [[Byzantine]] co-emperor [[John V Palaiologos]] pledges loyalty to the [[Ottoman Empire]], to prevent the Turks from invading [[Constantinople]].
* The [[Hongwu Emperor]] of the [[Ming dynasty]] in [[China]] introduces the [[census]] registration system of ''lijia'', or the hundreds-and-tithing system, throughout the [[Yangtze River|Yangzi]] Valley. This system groups households into units of ten and groups of one hundred, whereupon their capacities for paying taxes and providing the state with [[corvée]] labor service can be assessed. The system becomes fully operational in [[1381]], when it counts 59,873,305 people living in China (the historian [[Timothy Brook (historian)|Timothy Brook]] asserts that the number was much higher, somewhere between 65 million and 75 million).</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[John the Fearless]] (d. [[1419]])
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg]] (d. [[1440]])
* [[December 30]] &ndash; Prince [[Vasily I of Moscow]] (d. [[1425]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Leopold IV, Duke of Austria]] (d. [[1411]])
** [[Sophia of Lithuania]], regent of Lithuania (d. [[1453]])
** [[Zheng He]], Chinese mariner and explorer (d. [[1433]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Isabeau de Bavière]], queen of [[Charles VI of France]] (d. [[1435]])

== Deaths ==
* January/February &ndash; [[Paul, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople]]
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria]] 
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[David II of Scotland]] (b. [[1324]])<ref>{{cite web |title=David II {{!}} king of Scotland |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=24 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Jeanne d'Évreux]], queen consort of France (b. [[1310]])
* September &ndash; [[Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford]] (b. c. [[1336]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Jovan Uglješa]], Serbian despot
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Vukašin Mrnjavčević]], [[List of Serbian monarchs|Serbian king]]

== References ==
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