1356
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This article is about the year 1356.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1320s 1330s 1340s – 1350s – 1360s 1370s 1380s |
| Years: | 1353 1354 1355 – 1356 – 1357 1358 1359 |
| 1356 by topic | |
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| 1356 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1356 MCCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2109 |
| Armenian calendar | 805 ԹՎ ՊԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6106 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -488–-487 |
| Bengali calendar | 763 |
| Berber calendar | 2306 |
| English Regnal year | 29 Edw. 3 – 30 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1900 |
| Burmese calendar | 718 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6864–6865 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年十一月廿九日 (3992/4052-11-29) — to —
丙申年十二月初十日(3993/4053-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 1072–1073 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1348–1349 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5116–5117 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1412–1413 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1278–1279 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4457–4458 |
| Holocene calendar | 11356 |
| Iranian calendar | 734–735 |
| Islamic calendar | 756–758 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3689 |
| Minguo calendar | 556 before ROC 民前556年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1899 |
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Year 1356 (MCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–December
- January 20 – Edward Balliol surrenders his title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England.
- September 19 – Battle of Poitiers: The English, commanded by the Edward, the Black Prince, defeat the French in the Hundred Years' War, capturing the King John II of France in the process.
- October 17 – Erik Magnusson proclaims himself king of Sweden, in opposition to his father, king Magnus. Thus begins a civil war in Sweden between father and son, which will last until Erik's death in 1359.
- October 18 – The Basel earthquake destroys the city of Basel in Switzerland.
- December 25 – Emperor Charles IV promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution for the Holy Roman Empire.
[edit] Date unknown
- The city of Lwów is granted Magdeburg rights by Casimir III of Poland.
- The majority of the Great Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan to build fortresses and mosques in the nearby city of Cairo, leaving the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.
- Burnt Candlemas: Edward III of England burns down every town and village in Lothian, Scotland.
- The Hanseatic League, a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe, is officially founded.
- Ghazan II replaces Anusirvan as ruler of the Il-Khanate in Persia.
- Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the leaders in the Red Turban Rebellion, captures the city of Nanjing from the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty in China; from then on it becomes his base of power and the capital of a new dynasty he will establish in 1368, the Ming Dynasty.
- Probable completion of Castelvecchio Bridge in Verona; its main span of 48.7 m is the world's longest arch at this time.
[edit] Births
- date unknown
[edit] Deaths
- June 23 – Margaret II, Countess of Hainault (b. 1311)
- September 19 – Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
- Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
- Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (b. 1304)
- date unknown
- Harihara I, founder of the Vijayanagara empire
- Zheng Yunduan, Chinese poet (b. c. 1327)
