1372

Events

March 12 – Saint Bridget sets out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, staying in Cyprus until May 12. In August, she is in Bethlehem where she sees a vision of Jesus' birth. In September, she sets sail for Naples, where she arrives in December.
May – Owain Lawgoch makes a second attempt to take the throne of Wales, sailing with French support from Harfleur. Whilst attacking the island of Guernsey, he abandons the invasion in order to fight for France at La Rochelle.
June 22 – Battle of La Rochelle: The French and the Castilians defeat the English. The French gain control of the English Channel for the first time since 1340.
July 10 – The Treaty of Tagilde is signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect into the 21st century.
November 9 – TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n DuÃ¡Â»Â TÃÂ´ng succeeds his brother TrÃ¡ÂºÂ§n NghÃ¡Â»Â TÃÂ´ng as King of Vietnam.

Encounter of Sintra: Twenty Portuguese knights rout four hundred Castilian infantrymen of the country.
Peace is declared between the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples.
The Kingdom of ChÃÂ«zan (in modern-day southern Japan) enters tributary relations with Ming dynasty China.
Four-year-old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as Marinid Sultan of Morocco.
Newaya Maryam succeeds his father, Newaya Krestos, as ruler of Ethiopia.
The city of Aachen, Germany, begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins, the first city in the world to do so.</onlyinclude>