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== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Edward, the Black Prince]], gives up the administration of [[Aquitaine]] and returns to England, because of his poor health and heavy debts.
* [[February 17]] &ndash; Rival brothers [[Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria|Ivan Sratsimir]] and [[Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria|Ivan Shishman]] become co-Emperors of [[Bulgaria]] after the death of their father, [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria|Ivan Alexander]]. Bulgaria is weakened by the split.
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Robert II of Scotland|Robert II]] becomes the first [[House of Stuart|Stuart]] king of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]], after the death of his uncle, [[David II of Scotland|David II]].
* [[March 28]] &ndash; The [[London Charterhouse]], a [[Carthusian]] [[monastery]], is founded in [[Aldersgate]].
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-En'yu]] of Japan succeeds [[Emperor Go-Kōgon]] of [[Japan]], becoming the 5th and last Emperor of the [[Northern Court]].
* [[August 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Baesweiler]]: Brabant is unexpectedly defeated by the Duchy of [[Jülich]].
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[John of Gaunt]], son of King [[Edward III of England]], marries [[Constance of Castile (1354–1394)|Constance of Castile]], daughter of King [[Pedro of Castile]], giving John a claim to the throne of Castile.
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Maritsa]]: Most of the nobility in Serbia are killed by the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]].  
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Lazar of Serbia|Lazar]] succeeds his distant cousin, [[Stefan Uroš V of Serbia|Stefan Uroš V]], as ruler of [[Serbia]], but declines the title of Tsar.

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* The first widely accepted historical reference is made to [[playing cards]] (in [[Spain]]).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bodle |first1=Andy |title=Guide to games: Leaders of the pack: A short history of cards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/22/history-of-playing-cards |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 April 2019 |date=22 November 2008}}</ref>
* Polish priest [[Andrzej Jastrzębiec]] becomes the first bishop of [[Siret]], thus bringing Catholicism to [[Moldavia]].
* Zhao Bing Fa becomes King of [[Mong Mao]] (in modern-day south China/north Myanmar) after the death of his father, [[Si Kefa]].
* Kalamegha claims the vacant title of King of [[Cambodia]] after the power of the [[Thailand|Thai]] invaders from [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Ayutthaya]] begins to weaken. The Ayutthayans are finally expelled in [[1375]].
* [[Byzantine]] co-emperor [[John V Palaiologos]] pledges loyalty to the [[Ottoman Empire]], to prevent the Turks from invading [[Constantinople]].
* The [[Hongwu Emperor]] of the [[Ming dynasty]] in [[China]] introduces the [[census]] registration system of ''lijia'', or the hundreds-and-tithing system, throughout the [[Yangtze River|Yangzi]] Valley. This system groups households into units of ten and groups of one hundred, whereupon their capacities for paying taxes and providing the state with [[corvée]] labor service can be assessed. The system becomes fully operational in [[1381]], when it counts 59,873,305 people living in China (the historian [[Timothy Brook (historian)|Timothy Brook]] asserts that the number was much higher, somewhere between 65 million and 75 million).</onlyinclude>