1364

Coat of arms of Philip II of Taranto, who became Titular Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Taranto on September 10, 1364.

Template:C14 year in topicYear 1364 (MCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• February 15 – Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg the new king of Sweden.
• February 20 – David II of Scotland marries Margaret Drummond.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• April 8 – Charles V becomes King of France.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• May 12 – The Jagiellonian University is founded in Kraków.
• July 28 – Battle of Cascina: Forces of the Republic of Florence, led by Galeotto Malatesta, defeat those of Pisa.
• August 6 – Ignatius Saba I becomes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 10 – Philip of Anjou becomes Titular Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Taranto.
• September 29 – Battle of Auray: The Breton War of Succession ends, with the victory of the House of Montfort over Charles of Blois.

Date unknown

• Vladislav I (also known as Vlaicu-Vodă) becomes voivode of Wallachia.
• Bogdana Monastery is built in Moldavia.
• Rana Kshetra Singh succeeds Rana Hamir Singh, as ruler of Mewar (part of modern-day western India).
• Anavema Reddy succeeds Anavota Reddy, as ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (part of modern-day southern India).
• The Kingdom of Ava is established by Thado Minbya in modern-day northern Burma. Some chronicles and sources however date the event in 1365.

Births

• November 30 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
• December 16 – Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
• date unknown
  • al-Maqrizi, Egyptian historian and biographer (d. 1442)
  • Christine de Pizan, French writer (d. 1430)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1431)
  • Gyaltsab Je, first throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (d. 1432)
  • Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī, Persian mathematician (d. 1436)

Deaths

• April 8 – King John II of France (b. 1319)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• June 19 – Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon (b. 1292)
• June 30 – Arnošt of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
• August 5 – Emperor Kōgon of Japan (b. 1313)
• September 10 – Robert of Taranto
• September 29 – Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)
• date unknown
  • Nicholas Alexander, voivode of Wallachia
  • Gajah Mada, prime minister of the Majapahit empire
  • King Valdemar III of Denmark (b. 1314)