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Centuries:	13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Decades:	1330s  1340s  1350s  - 1360s -  1370s  1380s  1390s
Years:	1359 1360 1361 - 1362 - 1363 1364 1365

[change] Events

• First Foundation of the Venerable English College
• January 16 - The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes Holland, England, Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland, Germany.
• Under Edward III, English replaces French as England's national language, for the first time following the Norman Conquest of 1066.
• September 28 - Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI as the 200th pope.
• Louis I of Hungary defeats and captures Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria; he conquers northern Bulgaria, extending his control over the Balkans.
• The Ottomans capture Philippopolis and Adrianopole (now the city of Edirne) from the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire is reduced to the city of Constantinople.
• Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg.
• Shahabuddin succeeds his brother, Alauddin Ali Sher, as Sultan of Kashmir.
• Constantine VI succeeds his cousin, Constantine V, as King of Armenia.
• Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas crushed the Tatars at the Blue Waters of the Southern Bug in 1362.

[change] Births

• Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (died 1435)
• Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (died 1425)

[change] Deaths

• April 6 - James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
• April 10 - Maud, Countess of Leicester(b. 1339)
• July 22 - Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (born 1324)
• September 12 - Pope Innocent VI
• Constantine V of Armenia
• Louis of Taranto (born 1320)