Year 1366 (
MCCCLXVI) was a
common year starting on Thursday
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(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events
*
March 13 –
Henry II deposes his half-brother,
Pedro of Castile
Peter ( es, Pedro; 30 August 133423 March 1369), called the Cruel () or the Just (), was King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. He was excommunicated by Pope Urban V for ...
, to become King of
Castile.
*
October 12 –
Frederick III of Sicily forbids decorations on
synagogues.
*
October 26 – Comet
55P/Tempel–Tuttle
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passes from Earth.
Date unknown
* War continues between the
Hindu
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Vijayanagar Empire and the
Muslim
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Bahmani Sultanate
The Bahmani Sultanate, or Deccan, was a Persianate Sunni Muslim Indian Kingdom located in the Deccan region. It was the first independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan, in modern-day southern
India.
*
Dmitri Donskoi, ruler of
Moscow and
Vladimir, makes peace with
Dmitri Konstantinovich, former ruler of
Vladimir.
*
Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz I of Morocco succeeds assassinated Abu Zayyan as
Sultan
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of the
Marinid Empire in
Morocco.
* The
Statutes of Kilkenny are passed, aiming to curb the decline of the
Hiberno-Norman
From the 12th century onwards, a group of Normans invaded and settled in Gaelic Ireland. These settlers later became known as Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans. They originated mainly among Cambro-Norman families in Wales and Anglo-Normans from ...
Lordship of Ireland.
* The Den Hoorn brewery is founded at Leuven in the
Low Countries. In 1708 this will be renamed the ''Brouwerij Artois'', and later releases a beer named
Stella Artois.
*
Zhu Yuanzhang, leader of the
Red Turban Rebellion
The Red Turban Rebellions () were uprisings against the Yuan dynasty between 1351 and 1368, eventually leading to its collapse. Remnants of the Yuan imperial court retreated northwards and is thereafter known as the Northern Yuan in historiogr ...
that will overthrow the
Yuan dynasty and establish the
Ming dynasty two years later, begins building the walls for a new capital city at
Nanjing.
*
Thomas Fraser obtains lands in
Aberdeenshire
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It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
(Scotland) on which he starts the building of a towerhouse, that will later be known as
Muchalls Castle.
Births
*
May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
–
Anne of Bohemia
Anne of Bohemia (11 May 1366 – 7 June 1394), also known as Anne of Luxembourg, was Queen of England as the first wife of King Richard II. A member of the House of Luxembourg, she was the eldest daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and ...
, queen of
Richard II of England
Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father die ...
(d.
1394
Year 1394 ( MCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events January–December
* February 28 – Richard II of England grants Geoffrey Chaucer 20 pounds a year for life, for h ...
)
*
August 28 –
Jean Le Maingre
Jean II Le Maingre (Old French: Jehan le Meingre), also known as Boucicaut (28 August 1366 – 21 June 1421), was a French knight and military leader. Renowned for his military skill and embodiment of chivalry, he was made a marshal of France.
...
, marshal of France (d.
1421
Year 1421 ( MCDXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 2 – Yongle Emperor, third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, shifts the Ming ...
)
* ''date unknown''
**
Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan, English noblewoman (d.
1425)
**
Miran Shah, governor of Azerbaijan (d.
1408
Year 1408 ( MCDVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 19 – Battle of Bramham Moor: A royalist army defeats the last remnants of ...
)
* ''Approximate''
**
Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (d.
1399
Year 1399 ( MCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events January–December
* January – Timur the Lame captures and sacks Haridwar.
* February 3 – ...
)
Deaths
*
January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
–
Henry Suso,
German mystic (b. c.
1295)
*
April 26 –
Simon Islip,
Archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
*
May 20 –
Maria of Calabria, Empress of Constantinople (b.
1329
Year 1329 ( MCCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 1 – King John of Bohemia (of the Teutonic Order) captures Medvėgalis, ...
)
* Summer –
Ming Yuzhen, founder of the rebel empire of Daxia (b.
1331
Year 1331 ( MCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
September–December
* September 8 – Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia.
* September 27 ...
)
*
October 14 –
Ibn Nubata
Abu Bakr Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Khaṭīb ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Nubāta, better known simply as Ibn Nubāt ...
, Arab poet (b.
1287
Year 1287 (Roman numerals, MCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* January 17 – Aragonese forces led by King Alfonso III of Arago ...
)
*
October 18 –
Petrus Torkilsson, Archbishop of Uppsala
References
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