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 |
| 1370 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1370 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1370
- 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.
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- The steel crossbow is first used as a weapon of war.
- Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London.
- Xian City (Chang'an) is fortified against invasion.
| Gregorian calendar | 1370 MCCCLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2123 |
| Armenian calendar | 819 ԹՎ ՊԺԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -474 – -473 |
| Berber calendar | 2320 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1914 |
| Burmese calendar | 732 |
| Chinese calendar | 4006/4066-12-3 (己酉年十二月初三日) — to —
4007/4067-12-13(庚戌年十二月十三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1086 – 1087 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1362 – 1363 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5130 – 5131 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1425 – 1426 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1292 – 1293 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4471 – 4472 |
| Holocene calendar | 11370 |
| Iranian calendar | 748 – 749 |
| Islamic calendar | 771 – 772 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3703 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1913 |
- Timur completes his conquest of Central 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, which again counter-attacks 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 the rule of Poland by the Capet-Anjou family.
[edit] Births
- Duke William of Austria (d. 1406)
- Guarino da Verona, Italian humanist (d. 1460).
- Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles II of Navarre (d. 1437)
- John Lydgate, English Benedictine monk and poet (d. 1451)
- Queen Mary of Sicily (d. 1402)
- Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (d. 1443)
- King Olaf IV of Norway (d. 1387)
- John VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1408)
- Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (d. 1428)
- Jan Sindel, Polish scientist (d. 1443)
- Jan Zizka, leader of the Hussites (d. 1424)
- Pawel Wlodkowic, Polish scholar (d. 1435)
- Leonardo Bruni, Florentine rhetorician, historian
- Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder
[edit] Deaths
- December 19 - Pope Urban V (b. 1310)
- Casimir III of Poland (b. 1310)
- Ukhaatu Khan, Grand khan of the Mongol Empire (b. 1320)
- Shi Nai'an, Chinese author (b. 1296)
