- 1356
Year 1356 was a
leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1356
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January 20 -Edward Balliol surrenders his title as King ofScotland toEdward III of England .
*September 19 - Battle of Poitiers: The English, commanded by theBlack Prince , defeat the French in theHundred Years' War , capturing the KingJohn II of France in the process.
*October 18 - TheBasel earthquake destroys the city ofBasel inSwitzerland .
*December 25 -Emperor Charles IV promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medievalconstitution for theHoly Roman Empire .
* The city ofLwów is grantedMagdeburg rights byCasimir III of Poland .
* The majority of theGreat Pyramid of Giza 's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan to buildfortress es andmosque s in the nearby city ofCairo , leaving the first of theSeven Wonders of the Ancient World in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.
* Burnt Candlemas:Edward III of England burns down every town and village inLothian , Scotland.
* TheHanseatic League , a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe, is officially founded.
* Ghazan II replacesAnusirvan as ruler of theIl-Khanate inPersia .
*Zhu Yuanzhang , one of the leaders in theRed Turban Rebellion , captures the city ofNanjing from theMongol -ledYuan Dynasty inChina ; from then on it becomes his base of power and the capital of a new dynasty he will establish in1368 , theMing Dynasty .Births
*"date unknown"
**Pope Boniface IX (d.1404 )
**Martin I of Aragon (d.1410 )Deaths
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June 23 -Margaret II, Countess of Hainault (b.1311 )
*September 19 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
**Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b.1311 )
**Walter VI of Brienne , Constable of France (b.1304 )
*"date unknown"
**Harihara I , founder of theVijayanagara empire
**Zheng Yunduan , Chinese poet (b. c.1327 )
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