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1374
Year
1374
(
MCCCLXXIV
) was a
common year starting on Sunday
of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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January–December
April 23
– In recognition of his services,
Edward III of England
grants the English writer
Geoffrey Chaucer
a gallon of wine a day, for the rest of his life.
June 24
– The illness
dancing mania
begins in
Aix-la-Chapelle
(
Aachen
), possibly due to
ergotism
.
October 27
– King
Gongmin of Goryeo
is assassinated and succeeded by
U of Goryeo
on the throne of
Goryeo
(in modern-day Korea).
November 25
–
James of Baux
succeeds his uncle,
Philip II
, as Prince of
Taranto
(modern-day eastern
Italy
) and
titular ruler
of the
Latin Empire
(northern
Greece
and western
Turkey
).
Date unknown
Rao Biram Dev succeeds Rao Kanhadev as ruler of
Marwar
(the modern-day
Jodhpur
district of
India
).
Shaikh Hasan Jalayir
succeeds his father,
Shaykh Uways Jalayir
, as ruler of the
Jalayirid Sultanate
in modern-day
Iraq
and western
Iran
. Hasan proves to be an unpopular ruler and is executed on October 9 and succeeded by his brother,
Shaikh Hussain Jalayir
.
Musa II
succeeds his father,
Mari Djata II
, as
Mansa
of the
Mali Empire
(modern-day
Mali
and
Senegal
).
Robert de Juilly
succeeds Raymond Berenger as Grand Master of the
Knights Hospitaller
.
Princes from the
Kingdom of Granada
choose Abu al-Abbas Ahmad to succeed Muhammad as-Said, as Sultan of the
Marinid
Empire in
Morocco
. The Empire is split into the
Kingdom of Fez
and the Kingdom of
Marrakesh
.
A form of the
Great Plague
returns to Europe.
The
Château de Compiègne
royal residence is built in
France
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Births
April 11
–
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
, heir to the throne of England (d.
1398
)
November 26
–
Yury Dmitrievich
, Russian grand prince (d.
1434
)
probable
Queen
Jadwiga of Poland
King
Martin I of Sicily
(d.
1409
)
Deaths
March 12
–
Emperor Go-KÃ Âgon
of Japan (b.
1338
).
June 5
or
June 6
–
William Whittlesey
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
June 29
–
Jan MilÃÂàof KromÃÂà ÂÃÂà ¾
,
Czech
priest
and
reformer
July 19
–
Petrarch
,
Italian
poet
(b.
1304
)
September
–
Joanna of Flanders
, Duchess of
Brittany
(b.
1295
)
October 27
– King
Gongmin of Goryeo
(b.
1330
)
November 25
– Prince
Philip II of Taranto
December 1
–
Magnus Eriksson
, king of
Sweden
(b.
1316
)
date unknown
–
Gao Qi
, Chinese poet (born
1336
)
date unknown
–
Konrad of Megenberg
, historian (b.
1309
)
References