Explore 56 historical events from 1370–1379.
Charles III of Alençon was a French nobleman of the Capetian House of Valois. He was count of Alençon and Perche from 1346 until 1361, when he became a Dominican friar, and archbi…
Charles III, French nobleman (born 1337)
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a fourteenth-century English nobleman and soldier. He also held the titles of Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Wexford. He was born in Sutton …
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (born 1347)
Philip of Orléans was a Duke of Orléans, Touraine, and Count of Valois, the fifth son of King Philip VI of France and Joan the Lame.
Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (born 1336)
Cansignorio della Scala was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.
Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (born 1340)
Liu Ji, courtesy name Bowen, better known as Liu Bowen, was a Chinese military strategist, philosopher, and politician who lived in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. He was b…
Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (born 1311)
Valdemar IV, commonly known as Valdemar Atterdag, also known as Valdemar Christoffersen or Waldemar, was King of Denmark from 1340 until his death in 1375. He is best known for res…
Valdemar IV, Danish king (born 1320)
Milíč of Kroměříž was a Czech Catholic priest and the most influential preacher of the emerging Bohemian Reformation in the 14th century. Together with other Bohemian preachers and…
Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer
Francis Petrarch was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest Renaissance humanists.
Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar (born 1304)
Dancing mania was a phenomenon which occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousand…
A sudden outbreak of St
Dancing mania was a phenomenon which occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousand…
An outbreak of dancing mania, in which crowds of people danced themselves to exhaustion, began in Aachen (in present-day
Julian of Norwich, also known as Juliana of Norwich, the Lady Julian, Dame Julian or Mother Julian, was a medieval English Catholic anchoress. Her writings, now known as Revelation…
Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her Revelations of Di
Julian of Norwich, also known as Juliana of Norwich, the Lady Julian, Dame Julian or Mother Julian, was a medieval English Catholic anchoress. Her writings, now known as Revelation…
Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later describe
Jadwiga, also known as Hedwig, was Queen of the Kingdom of Poland, as well as its last hereditary ruler. Crowned "King", to highlight her sovereign status, she reigned from 16 Octo…
Elizabeth Bonifacia, heiress of Poland (died 1399)
Minkhaung I of Ava was king of Ava from 1400 to 1421. He is best remembered in Burmese history for his epic struggles against King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu in the Forty Years'…
Minkhaung I, King of Ava (died 1431)
Thomas Despenser, 2nd Baron Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester was the son of Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer, whom he succeeded in 1375.
Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (died 1400)
Bridget of Sweden, OSsS, also known as Birgitta Birgersdotter and Birgitta of Vadstena, was a Swedish Catholic mystic and the founder of the Bridgettines. Outside Sweden, she was a…
Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founded the Bridgettine Order (born 1303)
Julian of Norwich, also known as Juliana of Norwich, the Lady Julian, Dame Julian or Mother Julian, was a medieval English Catholic anchoress. Her writings, now known as Revelation…
Julian of Norwich experienced religious visions, later recorded in Revelations of Divine Love, the earliest surviving En
Mysticism encompasses religious traditions of human transformation aided by various practices and religious experiences. Popularly, mysticism is used synonymously with mystical exp…
The English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness during which she experienced a series of intense vi
Casimir or Kasimir III (IV) (1348 – 24 August 1372), oldest son of Barnim III, was one of the Dukes of Pomerania-Stettin (Szczecin). He died during a campaign against the Margravia…
Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (born 1348)
Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford, KG, of Stafford Castle and Madeley Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and a notable soldier during the Hu…
Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (born 1301)
The Treaty of Tagilde is a treaty signed on 10 July 1372 in Tagilde, a village in Portugal. It was signed by King Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt, Duke…
The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England,…
The Battle of Maritsa, also known as the Battle of Chernomen, was fought on 26 September 1371 near the Maritsa River, close to the village of Chernomen. The conflict pitted the Ott…
Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
The Battle of Maritsa, also known as the Battle of Chernomen, was fought on 26 September 1371 near the Maritsa River, close to the village of Chernomen. The conflict pitted the Ott…
Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fight against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa.
John I was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State as the Duke of Burgundy from 1404 until his assassination in 1419. He played a key role in French natio…
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (died 1419)