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=== January&ndash;December ===
* Early in the year &ndash; [[Ibn Battuta]] returns from his travels at the command of [[Abu Inan Faris]], [[sultan]] of [[Morocco]], who appoints a [[scribe]] to write an account of the adventures.<ref>[[Ibn Battuta#CITEREFDefrémerySanguinetti1858|Defrémery & Sanguinetti 1858]], pp. 444–445 Vol. 4; [[Ibn Battuta#CITEREFLevtzionHopkins2000|Levtzion & Hopkins 2000]], p. 303; [[Ibn Battuta#CITEREFDunn2005|Dunn 2005]], p. 306</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash;  The [[Treaty of Stralsund (1354)|Treaty of Stralsund]] settles border disputes between the [[duchies]] of [[Mecklenburg]] and [[Pomerania]].
* [[March 2]] &ndash;   During the night between 1 and 2 March, a strong earthquake destroyed the city of [[Gallipoli]] and its city walls, weakening its defenses, along with destroying the neigboring villages and towns in the area.<ref>[[George Ostrogorsky|Ostrogorsky, George]]. ''History of the Byzantine State,'' pp. 530–537. Rutgers University Press (New Jersey),</ref>
* [[March]] - Within a month after the devastating earthquake the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] [[Fall of Gallipoli|besieged and captured]] the town of Gallipoli, making it the first Ottoman stronghold in Europe and the staging area for Ottoman expansion across the [[Balkans]].<ref>Crowley, Roger. 1453: ''The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West''. New York: Hyperion, 2005. p 31 {{ISBN|1-4013-0850-3}}.</ref>
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Cola di Rienzo]], self-proclaimed "[[tribune]]" of [[Rome]], is killed by an [[angry mob]].<ref>Ronald G. Musto, ''Apocalypse in Rome. Cola di Rienzo and the politics of the New Age''(Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2003).</ref>
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[War of the Straits]]: The [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]]-ruled town of [[Poreč]] is sacked by the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] under [[Paganino Doria]], who carry off the relics of saints [[Eleutherius and Antia|Eleutherius]] and [[Maurus of Parentium]] to Genoa, where they were deposited at the church of [[San Matteo (Genoa)|San Matteo]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Musarra | first = Antonio | title = Il Grifo e il Leone: Genova e Venezia in lotta per il Mediterraneo | year = 2020 | publisher = Editori Laterza | location = Bari and Rome | isbn = 978-88-581-4072-7 | language = Italian | pages = 239–240}}</ref>
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[War of the Straits]]: The Genoese fleet under Paganino Doria defeats and captures the entire Venetian fleet under [[Niccolò Pisani]] at the [[Battle of Sapienza]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Musarra | first = Antonio | title = Il Grifo e il Leone: Genova e Venezia in lotta per il Mediterraneo | year = 2020 | publisher = Editori Laterza | location = Bari and Rome | isbn = 978-88-581-4072-7 | language = Italian | pages = 240–241}}</ref>
* [[December 10]] &ndash; The reign of [[John VI Kantakouzenos]] as [[Byzantine Emperor]] is ended, after [[John V Palaiologos]] retakes [[Constantinople]] and is restored as sole emperor.<ref>Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991</ref>