Events
★ End of the reign of
Emperor Sukō, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
★ Start of the reign of
Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
★
May 1 Zürich joins the
Swiss Confederation.
★ King
Ramathibodi I ascends the throne in
Ayutthaya (now
Thailand). He begins to propagate
Theravada Buddhism as the state religion.
★
King Gongmin ascends the throne in
Goryeo.
★
Battle of the Thirty
★
Statute of Laborers
★ First mention of
Vantaa
★
The Black Death ravages Europe (1347-1351)
★
Firuz Tughlaq succeeds Mohammad Tughlaq as
Sultan of Delhi
★ The
Mongolian run
Yuan Dynasty of
China is permanently weakened by an uprising known as the
Red Turban Rebellion.
★ The
Summa Dynasty in
Sindh (now part of
Pakistan) overthrows the
Sumra Dynasty.
★ The
Turks cross the
Dardanelles into Europe for the first time.
Births
★
November 1 - Duke
Leopold III of Austria (died
1386)
★
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (died
1381)
★
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (died
1402)
★
Wladyslav II Jagiello,
Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of
Poland (died
1434)
Deaths
★
May 24 -
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (born
1297)
★
Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi