1361
1361
Calendar year
Year 1361 (MCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
This article is about the year 1361. For the preserved locomotive, see Pennsylvania Railroad 1361.
Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 1361 MCCCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2114 |
| Armenian calendar | 810 ԹՎ ՊԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6111 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1282–1283 |
| Bengali calendar | 768 |
| Berber calendar | 2311 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Edw. 3 – 35 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1905 |
| Burmese calendar | 723 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6869–6870 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4058 or 3851 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4059 or 3852 |
| Coptic calendar | 1077–1078 |
| Discordian calendar | 2527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1353–1354 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5121–5122 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1417–1418 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1282–1283 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4461–4462 |
| Holocene calendar | 11361 |
| Igbo calendar | 361–362 |
| Iranian calendar | 739–740 |
| Islamic calendar | 762–763 |
| Japanese calendar | Enbun 6 / Kōan 1 (康安元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1274–1275 |
| Julian calendar | 1361 MCCCLXI |
| Korean calendar | 3694 |
| Minguo calendar | 551 before ROC 民前551年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −107 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1903–1904 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1487 or 1106 or 334 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1488 or 1107 or 335 |
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January–December
- March 17 – An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, is killed by one of his own mamluks, Yalbugha al-Umari, who, with the senior Mamluk emirs, has al-Mansur Muhammad installed as the new sultan.[1]
- April 13 – The University of Pavia is founded, on the Italian Peninsula.[2]
- May 1 – King Magnus IV Eriksson warns the inhabitants of Visby in a letter, of an upcoming Danish invasion.
- July 27 – Battle of Visby: King Valdemar IV of Denmark conquers the city of Visby by defeating the defending Gutnish country yeomen, and takes Gotland.[3]
- October 10 – Edward, the Black Prince marries Joan of Kent at Windsor Castle.[4]
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.
- 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.[5]
- February 26 – 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)
- January 7 – Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
- March 17 – An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1334/35)
- March 23 – Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, English soldier and diplomat
- May 21 – Orhan Ghazi, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1274)
- June 9 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b. 1291)
- June 15 – Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian
- June 17 – Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. 1301)
- September 18 – Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
- October 4 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English baron (b. 1310)
- October 8 – John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- November 21 – 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
- Bauden, Frédéric. "The Qalawunids: A Pedigree" http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/qalawunids/qalawunid-pedigree.pdf (PDF). University of Chicago. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- "History". www.unipv.eu (in Italian). Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- Lihammer, Anna (2011). ”Slaget om Visby”. Arkeologiska upptäckter i Sverige. Lund: Historiska Media ISBN 978-91-85873-96-8
- Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
Keyboards of Nicholas Faber's organ for Halberstadt, built in 1361 and enlarged 1495. The illustration is from 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
