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1363
Year
1363
(
MCCCLXIII
) was a
common year starting on Sunday
of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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January–December
April 9
–
Haakon VI of Norway
marries
Margaret I of Denmark
.
August
– The
Revolt of Saint Titus
, against the rule of the
Republic of Venice
in the
Kingdom of Candia
(island of
Crete
), begins.
August 30
–
October 4
–
Battle of Lake Poyang
: The Dahan rebel forces of
Chen Youliang
are defeated by the
Red Turban Rebel
forces of
Zhu Yuanzhang
, during the final decade of
Yuan dynasty
control over
China
. Zhu's naval forces of 200,000 are pitted against Chen's naval forces of 650,000 troops, in what is not only the largest naval battle of the medieval age, but also one of the
largest naval battles in history
.
Date unknown
Ottoman Turks
seize
Filibe
(Philippopolis) in Thrace in the
ByzantineâÂÂOttoman wars
.
Dmitry Donskoy
, Prince of the
Grand Duchy of Moscow
, dethrones
Dmitry of Suzdal
to become Grand Prince of
Vladimir
.
Philip the Bold
becomes duke of
Burgundy
.
Al-Afdal al-Abbas
succeeds Al-Mujahid Ali as
Rasulid
Sultan of
Yemen
.
The
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
is completed in
Cairo
,
Egypt
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Births
July 2
–
Maria, Queen of Sicily
(d.
1401
)
December 13
–
Jean Gerson
, chancellor of the
University of Paris
(d.
1429
)
date unknown
Margaret of Bavaria
, Burgundian regent (d.
1423
)
Thomas Langley
,
bishop of Durham
and lord chancellor of England (d.
1437
)
probable
–
Zeami Motokiyo
, Japanese actor and playwright (d.
1443
)
Deaths
January 13
–
Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol
March 3
–
Simone Boccanegra
, first
doge of Genoa
(approximate date)
c. April –
Blanche of Namur
, queen consort of Sweden (b.
1320
)
July 29
–
John Bardolf, 3rd Baron Bardolf
(b.
1314
)
August 23
–
Chen Youliang
, founder of the Dahan regime (b.
1320
)
October 7
–
Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde
(b.
1304
)
date unknown
Adil-Sultan
, khan of the
Chagatai Khanate
Jean Buridan
, French philosopher (b.
1295
)
probable
–
Ranulf Higdon
, English chronicler (b. c.
1299
)
References