1374

'Years:' 1371 1372 1373 - 1374 - 1375 1376 1377

'Decades:' 1340s 1350s 1360s - '1370s' - 1380s 1390s 1400s

'Centuries:' 13th century - '14th century' - 15th century

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ June 24 - The illness dancing mania begins in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), possibly due to ergotism

★ King Gongmin is assassinated and King U ascends to the throne of Goryeo (now in Korea).

★ Leu Thai becomes King of Sukhothai (now in northern Thailand) after the death of King Lithai.

★ Rao Biram Dev succeeds Rao Kanhadev as ruler of Marwar (now the Jodhpur district of India).

★ James of Baux succeeds his uncle, Philip II, as Prince of Taranto (now eastern Italy) and titular ruler of the Latin Empire (now northern Greece and western Turkey).

★ Death of Magnus Ericson, co-king of Norway and former co-king of Sweden.

★ Hasan succeeds his father, Shaikh Uvais, as ruler of the Jalayirid sultanate in present-day Iraq and western Iran. Hasan proves to be an unpopular ruler and is executed in the same year. Hasan's brother, Husain, succeeds him as ruler.

★ In recognition for his great works, Edward III of England grants the English writer Geoffrey Chaucer a gallon of wine a day for the rest of his life.

★ Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Diata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire (now Mali & Senegal).

★ Robert de Juliac succeeds Raymond Berenger as Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.

★ Princes from the Kingdom of Grenada 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 Fes and the Kingdom of Marrakech.

★ The Château de Compiègne royal residence is built in France.

Births

★ Jadwiga of Poland, Polish Monarch

★ April 11 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (died 1398)

★ Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (died 1444)

★ Yuri IV, Russian grand prince (died 1434)

★ Martin I of Sicily (died 1409)

★ Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (died 1400)

Deaths

★ March 12 - Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (born 1336).

★ June 29 – Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer.

★ July 19 - Petrarch, Italian poet (born 1304).

★ November 25 - Prince Philip II of Taranto.

★ King Gongmin of Goryeo.

★ Joanna of Flanders, Duchess of Brittany (born 1295).

★ Gao Qi, Chinese poet (born 1336).

★ William Whittlesey, Archbishop of Canterbury.

★ King Lithai of Sukhothai.