1361
Calendar year
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Year 1361 (MCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
| Gregorian calendar | 1361 MCCCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2114 |
| Armenian calendar | 810 ԹՎ ՊԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6111 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1282–1283 |
| Bengali calendar | 767–768 |
| Berber calendar | 2311 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Edw. 3 – 35 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1905 |
| Burmese calendar | 723 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6869–6870 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4058 or 3851 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4059 or 3852 |
| Coptic calendar | 1077–1078 |
| Discordian calendar | 2527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1353–1354 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5121–5122 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1417–1418 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1282–1283 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4461–4462 |
| Holocene calendar | 11361 |
| Igbo calendar | 361–362 |
| Iranian calendar | 739–740 |
| Islamic calendar | 762–763 |
| Japanese calendar | Enbun 6 / Kōan 1 (康安元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1274–1275 |
| Julian calendar | 1361 MCCCLXI |
| Korean calendar | 3694 |
| Minguo calendar | 551 before ROC 民前551年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −107 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1903–1904 |
| Tibetan calendar | ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Rat) 1487 or 1106 or 334 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 1488 or 1107 or 335 |
Events
January–December
- March 17 – An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, is killed by one of his own mamluks, Yalbugha al-Umari, who, with the senior Mamluk emirs, has al-Mansur Muhammad installed as the new sultan.[1]
- April 13 – The University of Pavia is founded, on the Italian Peninsula.[2]
- May 1 – King Magnus IV Eriksson sends a letter to the citizens of Visby, with a warning of an upcoming Danish invasion.
- July 27 – Battle of Visby: King Valdemar IV of Denmark conquers the city of Visby by defeating the defending Gutnish country yeomen, and takes Gotland.[3]
- October 10 – Edward, the Black Prince marries Joan of Kent at Windsor Castle.[4]
Date unknown
- In the Marinid Empire in modern-day Morocco, Abu Salim Ibrahim is overthrown by Abu Umar, who is in turn overthrown by Abu Zayyan.
- Great Troubles: the Blue Horde descends into anarchy. Between 1361 and 1378, over 20 khans succeed each other in different parts of the Blue Horde's territory.
- Chinese rebels capture the Goryeo capital.
- The earliest known musical keyboard instrument is built, with the layout of black and white keys that becomes standard.[5]
Births
- February 26 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
- date unknown
- John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (d. 1396)
- Isabella, Countess of Foix, vassal ruler (d. 1428)
- King Charles III of Navarre (d. 1425)
- She Xiang, Chinese tribute chieftain (d. 1396)
Deaths
- January 7 – Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
- March 17 – An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1334/35)
- March 23 – Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, English soldier and diplomat
- May 21 – Orhan Ghazi, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1274)
- June 9 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b. 1291)
- June 15 – Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian
- June 17 – Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. 1301)
- September 18 – Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
- October 4 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English baron (b. 1310)
- October 8 – John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- November 21 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
- date unknown
- Giovanni, son of Francesco Petrarch (plague)
- Richard Badew, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
- Reynold Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham of Sterborough, English knight and diplomat (b. 1295)
- Hajji Beg, Barlas leader
- c. 1362 Blanche of Bourbon
