1370

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Centuries:	13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Decades:	1340s  1350s  1360s  - 1370s -  1380s  1390s  1400s
Years:	1367 1368 1369 - 1370 - 1371 1372 1373

[change] Events

• 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.
• Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war.
• Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London.
• Fortification of Xian City (Chang'an)
• Timur completes his conquest of Cental Asia and parts of Persia, establishing the Timurid Empire.
• Tran Phu deposes Duong Nhat Le as King of Vietnam.
• For the second time since 1368, Moscow attacks Tver. Tver again makes a counter-attack with the aid 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 of the rule of Poland by the Capet-Anjou family.

[change] Births

• Duke William of Austria (died July 14, 1406)
• Guarino da Verona, Italian humanist (died 1460)
• Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles II of Navarre (died 1437)
• John Lydgate, English Benedictine monk and poet (died 1451)
• Queen Mary of Sicily (died 1402)
• Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (died 1443)
• King Olaf IV of Norway (died 1387)
• John VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (died 1408)
• Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (died 1428)
• Jan Sindel, Polish scientist (died 1443)
• Jan Zizka, leader of the Hussites (died 1424)
• Pawel Wlodkowic, Polish scholar (died 1435)

[change] Deaths

• December 19 - Pope Urban V (born 1310)
• Casimir III of Poland (born 1310)
• Ukhaatu Khan, Grand khan of the Mongol Empire (born 1320)
• Shi Nai'an, Chinese author (born 1296)