1370

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1350s 1360s 1370s 1380s 1390s
Years:	1367 1368 1369 1370 1371 1372 1373

1370 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1370 MCCCLXX
Ab urbe condita	2123
Armenian calendar	819 ԹՎ ՊԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	6120
Balinese saka calendar	1291–1292
Bengali calendar	777
Berber calendar	2320
English Regnal year	43 Edw. 3 – 44 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1914
Burmese calendar	732
Byzantine calendar	6878–6879
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4067 or 3860     — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4068 or 3861
Coptic calendar	1086–1087
Discordian calendar	2536
Ethiopian calendar	1362–1363
Hebrew calendar	5130–5131
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1426–1427
- Shaka Samvat	1291–1292
- Kali Yuga	4470–4471
Holocene calendar	11370
Igbo calendar	370–371
Iranian calendar	748–749
Islamic calendar	771–772
Japanese calendar	Ōan 3 (応安３年)
Javanese calendar	1283–1284
Julian calendar	1370 MCCCLXX
Korean calendar	3703
Minguo calendar	542 before ROC 民前542年
Nanakshahi calendar	−98
Thai solar calendar	1912–1913
Tibetan calendar	阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1496 or 1115 or 343     — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1497 or 1116 or 344

Year 1370 (MCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• May 24 – The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.
• October 20 – Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Constantinople, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria.
• December 20 – Pope Gregory XI succeeds Pope Urban V as the 201st pope.

Date unknown

• The steel crossbow is first used as a weapon of war.
• Xian City (Chang'an) is fortified against invasion.
• Timur completes his conquest of Central Asia and parts of Persia, establishing the Timurid Empire.
• Trần Nghệ Tông deposes Dương Nhật Lễ as emperor of Đại Việt, now Vietnam.
• For the second time since 1368, Grand Duchy of Moscow attacks Tver, which again counter-attacks with the aid of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Blue Horde.
• Casimir III of Poland is succeeded jointly by his sister, Elisabeth of Kujavia, and her son, Louis I of Hungary, beginning the rule of Poland by the Capet-Anjou family.
• The Siege of Limoges is launched.

Births

• April 11 – Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1428)
• July 23 – Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder, humanist (d. 1444 or 1445)
• date unknown
  • Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (d. 1443)
  • Guarino da Verona, Italian humanist (d. 1460)
  • John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1408)
  • King Olav IV of Norway (d. 1387)
  • Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (d. 1428)
  • Jan Sindel, Polish scientist (d. 1443)
• probable
  • Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles II of Navarre (d. 1437)
  • John Lydgate, English Benedictine monk and poet (d. 1451)
  • Paulus Vladimiri, Polish scholar (d. 1435)
  • Duke William of Austria (d. 1406)

Deaths

• May 31 – St Vitalis of Assisi (b. 1295)
• November 5 – Casimir III of Poland (b. 1310)
• December 19 – Pope Urban V (b. 1310)
• date unknown
  • Vedanta Desika, Hindu poet (b. 1269)
  • Yang Weizhen, painter (b. c. 1296)
  • Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan, last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1320)