1372

	1372 in topic:
	Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture –
	Art – Literature – Music – Science
	Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors
	Category: Establishments – Disestablishments
	Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1340s 1350s 1360s – 1370s – 1380s 1390s 1400s
Years:	1369 1370 1371 – 1372 – 1373 1374 1375

Year 1372 (MCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1372

May – Owain Lawgoch makes a second attempt to take the throne of Wales. Whilst attacking the island of Guernsey, Owain abandons the invasion in order to fight for France at La Rochelle.
June 22 – Battle of La Rochelle: The French & the Castilians defeat the English. The French gain control of the English Channel for the first time since 1340.
The city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins, the first city in the world to do so.
Four-year-old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as Marinid Sultan of Morocco.
Newaya Maryam succeeds his father, Newaya Krestos, as ruler of Ethiopia.
Peace is declared between the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples.
The Kingdom of Chūzan (now in southern Japan) enters tributary relations with Ming Dynasty China.