Explore 54 historical events from 1350–1359.
Marino Faliero was the 55th Doge of Venice from 11 September 1354 to 15 April 1355, 2 days before his execution for attempting a coup d'etat.
Marin Falier, Doge of Venice (born 1285)
Afonso IV, called the Brave, was King of Portugal from 1325 until his death in 1357. He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon.
Afonso IV of Portugal (born 1291)
Eleanor of Woodstock was an English princess and the duchess of Guelders and countess of Zutphen by marriage to Reginald II of Guelders. She was regent as the guardian of their min…
Eleanor of Woodstock, countess regent of Guelders, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (born 1318)
Rupert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 and King of the Romans from 1400 until his death.
Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (died 1410)
Simeon Ivanovich, also known as Semyon Ivanovich, nicknamed the Proud, was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1340 to 1353.
Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman, was a sultan of the Marinid dynasty who reigned in parts of what is now Morocco between 1331 and 1348. In 1333 he captured Gibraltar from the Castilian…
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (born 1297)
Kitabatake Chikafusa was a Japanese court noble and writer of the 14th century who supported the Southern Court in the Nanboku-cho period, serving as advisor to five Emperors. Som…
Kitabatake Chikafusa (born 1293)
The Battle of Mello was the decisive and largest engagement of the Peasant Jacquerie of 1358, a rebellion of peasants in the Beauvais region of France, a major upheaval in this reg…
Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility
The Battle of Crotoy was a naval battle which occurred on 25 June 1347 at the mouth of the Somme off the Le Crotoy, when a French fleet of 40 ships gathered in attempted to relieve…
The English defeat a French fleet which aimed to bring relief to the besieged Calais in the battle of Crotoy
Ashikaga Takauji also known as Minamoto no Takauji was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the…
Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (born 1305)
Francesco II Ordelaffi, also known as Cecco II, was a lord of Forlì, the son of Sinibaldo Ordelaffi and Orestina Calboli, and the grandson of Teobaldo I Ordelaffi.
Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
The Battle of Araviana was a cavalry action fought during the War of the Two Peters on 22 September 1359. Eight hundred Aragonese horse, many of them Castilian exiles in service of…
An Aragonese cavalry force defeats a superior Castilian cavalry force in the Battle of Araviana during the War of the…
Antonio Correr was a Roman Catholic cardinal who was appointed cardinal by his uncle Pope Gregory XII during the period of the Great Western Schism.
Antonio Correr, Italian cardinal (died 1445)
Erik Magnusson, sometimes known as Erik XII, was a Swedish prince who was formally elected King of Sweden in 1344. He held no real power before 1356, when he led a rebellion agains…
Erik Magnusson, king of Sweden (born 1339)
Hugh IV was King of Cyprus from 31 March 1324 to his abdication on 24 November 1358, and nominally King of Jerusalem as Hugh II until his death. The son of Guy, constable of Cyprus…
Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1295)
Beatrice of Castile or Beatriz was an infanta of Castile, daughter of Sancho IV and María de Molina. She was Queen of Portugal from the accession of her husband, Afonso IV, in 1325…
Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (born 1293)
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the third shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, ruling from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimitsu was Ashikaga Yoshiakira's third son b…
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1408)
Ashikaga Takauji also known as Minamoto no Takauji was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the…
Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (born 1305)
The Battle of Mello was the decisive and largest engagement of the Peasant Jacquerie of 1358, a rebellion of peasants in the Beauvais region of France, a major upheaval in this reg…
Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility
John I was King of Castile and León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II and Juana Manuel of Castile. John ascended to the throne in 1379, and in 1383, he married Beatr…
John I of Castile (died 1390)
Étienne Marcel was provost of the merchants of Paris under King John II of France, called John the Good. He distinguished himself in the defence of the small craftsmen and guildsme…
Étienne Marcel, French rebel leader (born 1302)
Albert II, known as the Wise or the Lame, a member of the House of Habsburg, was duke of Austria and Styria from 1330, as well as duke of Carinthia and margrave of Carniola from 13…
Albert II, Duke of Austria (born 1298)
Isabella of France was Queen of England as the wife of King Edward II, and de facto regent of England from 1327 until 1330. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving …
Isabella of France, Queen Consort of England (born 1295)
The Battle of Crotoy was a naval battle which occurred on 25 June 1347 at the mouth of the Somme off the Le Crotoy, when a French fleet of 40 ships gathered in attempted to relieve…
The English defeat a French fleet which aimed to bring relief to the besieged Calais in the battle of Crotoy
Charles IV was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378. He was elected King of Germany in 1346 and became King of Bohemia that same year. He was a member of the House …
Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
Afonso IV, called the Brave, was King of Portugal from 1325 until his death in 1357. He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon.
Afonso IV of Portugal (born 1291)
Bartolus de Saxoferrato was an Italian law professor and one of the most prominent continental jurists of Medieval Roman Law. He belonged to the school known as the commentators or…
Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian academic and jurist (born 1313)
The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19 September 1356, during the Hundred Years' War, between a French army commanded by King John II and an Anglo-Gascon force under Edward, the B…
Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures…
Martin the Humane, also called the Elder and the Ecclesiastic, was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409. He …
Martin the Elder, king of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca (died 1410)
Margaret II of Avesnes was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland from 1345 to 1356. She was Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Germany by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV…
Margaret II, Holy Roman Empress (born 1311)
Peter I of Bourbon was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death. Peter was son of Louis I of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberlain of France, and Mary of A…
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1311)
Walter VI of Brienne, also known simply as the Duke of Athens, was a French nobleman and crusader. He was the count of Brienne in France, the count of Conversano and Lecce in south…
Walter VI, Count of Brienne (born 1304)
The 1356 Basel earthquake is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history and had a moment magnitude in the range of 6.0–7.1. Thi…
Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel,…
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: A large-scale mounted raid by Anglo-Gascon forces began under the command of Edward the Black…