1363
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Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s
Years: 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362 - 1363 - 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368
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[edit] Events
[edit] July-December
- August 30 to October 4 - the Battle of Lake Poyang is fought between the Dahan rebel forces of Chen Youliang and the Red Turban Rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang on Lake Poyang, during the final decade of Yuan Dynasty control over China. Zhu's naval forces of 200,000 were pitted against Chen's naval forces of 650,000 troops in what was not only the largest naval battle of the medieval age, but also one of the largest naval battles in history.
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- Magnus II, King of Sweden, is deposed by Albert of Mecklenburg.
- Haakon VI of Norway marries Margaret I of Denmark.
- Philip the Bold becomes duke of Burgundy.
- Completion of the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan in Cairo, Egypt.
- Al-Afdal al-Abbas succeeds Al-Mujahid Ali as Rasulid Sultan of Yemen.
- Byzantine Empire wins naval battle over the Ottoman Empire near Megara, Greece.
- Bosnian nobles revolt against the occupying Serbs.
- Uprising against the Venetian rulers in Crete.
- Dmitri Donskoi, ruler of Moscow, dethrones Dmitri Konstantinovich as ruler of Vladimir.
[edit] Births
- December 14 - Jean Gerson, chancellor of the University of Paris
- King U of Goryeo
- Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (died 1443)
- Thomas Langley, cardinal bishop of Durham and lord chancellor of England
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol
- Simone Boccanegra, first doge of Genoa
- Ranulf Higdon, English chronicler (approximate date; born c. 1299)
- Longchenpa, teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism (born 1308)
- Elizabeth de Burgh (born 1332)
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