1350

1350 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1350 MCCCL
Ab urbe condita	2103
Armenian calendar	799 ԹՎ ՉՂԹ
Assyrian calendar	6100
Balinese saka calendar	1271–1272
Bengali calendar	756–757
Berber calendar	2300
English Regnal year	23  Edw. 3  – 24  Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1894
Burmese calendar	712
Byzantine calendar	6858–6859
Chinese calendar	己丑年 (Earth  Ox) 4047 or 3840     — to — 庚寅年 (Metal  Tiger) 4048 or 3841
Coptic calendar	1066–1067
Discordian calendar	2516
Ethiopian calendar	1342–1343
Hebrew calendar	5110–5111
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1406–1407
- Shaka Samvat	1271–1272
- Kali Yuga	4450–4451
Holocene calendar	11350
Igbo calendar	350–351
Iranian calendar	728–729
Islamic calendar	750–751
Japanese calendar	Jōwa 6 / Kannō 1 (観応元年)
Javanese calendar	1262–1263
Julian calendar	1350 MCCCL
Korean calendar	3683
Minguo calendar	562 before ROC 民前562年
Nanakshahi calendar	−118
Thai solar calendar	1892–1893
Tibetan calendar	阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1476 or 1095 or 323     — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1477 or 1096 or 324

Year 1350 ( MCCCL ) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• January 9 – Giovanni II Valente becomes Doge of Genoa.
• May 23 (possible date) – Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland: A number of nobles and progressive cities supporting William V, Count of Holland, in his power struggle with his mother Margaret I, Countess of Holland, found the Cod League and perhaps sign the Cod Alliance Treaty.
• August 29 – Battle of Winchelsea (Les Espagnols sur Mer) off the south coast of England: An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet.
• September 5 – Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland: Conservative noblemen found the Hook League and sign the Hook Alliance Treaty.
• November 17 – To pay for the expenses of the revived war with the Republic of Venice, the Republic of Genoa has to subscribe a loan at an interest rate of 10%, from an association of creditors known as the Compera imposita per gerra Venetorum. ^[1]

Date unknown

• Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire.
• The Punta Lobos massacre is carried out by members of the powerful Chimu Empire in Peru, leaving a residue of 200 murders.
• The Black Death first appears in Scotland ^[2] and Sweden. ^[3]
• The castle of Rapperswil is largely destroyed by Rudolf Brun, mayor of the city of Zürich.
• Approximate date – Latest likely date for first permanent settlement of New Zealand by Māori people. ^[4]

Births

• January 23 – Vincent Ferrer, Valencian missionary and saint (d. 1419)
• April 13 – Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (d. 1405)
• June 27 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1425)
• October 12 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Muscovy and Vladimir (d. 1389)
• November 25 – Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt (approximate date; d. 1403)
• December 27 – John I of Aragon (d. 1396)
• date unknown
  • Jehuda Cresques, Catalan cartographer (d. 1427)
  • Agnolo Gaddi, Italian painter (d. 1396)
  • William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England (approximate date; d. 1419)
  • Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 1397)
  • John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; d. 1400)
  • Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (d. 1425)
  • John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (approximate date; d. 1414)
  • Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (d. 1415)
  • William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1399)
  • Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish historian (d. 1420)
  • Záviš von Zap, Czech theologian and composer (d. c. 1411)

Deaths

• January 6 – Giovanni I di Murta, second doge of the Republic of Genoa
• March 26 or 27 March – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1311)
• August 22 – Philip VI of France (b. 1293) ^[5]
• November 19 – Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu
• December 26 – Jean de Marigny, French bishop
• date unknown
  • Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn, last Gaelic Mormaer of Strathearn
  • Gayatri Rajapatni, Queen consort of Majapahit
• probable
  • Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (b. c. 1283)
  • Margaret, Countess of Soissons
  • Namdev, Marathi saint and poet (b. 1270)
• supposed– Till Eulenspiegel, German prankster

References

1. Canale, Michele Giuseppe (1864). Nuova Istoria della repubblica di Genova. Epoca quarta (1339-1528): I dogi popolari. Florence: Felice Le Monnier. p. 151.
2. "BBC - History - British History in depth: Black Death". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
3. Benedictow, Ole Jørgen (December 19, 2016). The Black Death and Later Plague Epidemics in the Scandinavian Countries:: Perspectives and Controversies. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 261. ISBN   978-83-7656-047-2.
4. Walters, Richard; Buckley, Hallie; Jacomb, Chris; Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth (October 7, 2017). "Mass Migration and the Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand". Journal of World Prehistory. 30 (4): 351–376. doi: 10.1007/s10963-017-9110-y . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
5. "Philip VI | king of France". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved October 16, 2021.