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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1354''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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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>

=== Date unknown ===
* After 24 years of struggling for independence, since the [[Battle of Posada]], [[Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia]] becomes a vassal to Hungarian king [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis I]].<ref>(in Romanian) Constantin C. Giurescu, ''Istoria Românilor'', vol. I, Ed. ALL Educațional, București, 2003.</ref>
* [[Shihabu'd-Din Shah|Sahab-ud-Din]] becomes Sultan of [[Kashmir Sultanate|Kashmir]].</onlyinclude><ref>Retzlaff, Ralph H.; Hasan, Mohibbul. "Kashmir under the Sultans". ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'' (4): 46. [[Doi (identifier)|doi]]:10.2307/595144. [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] 0003-0279. [[JSTOR (identifier)|JSTOR]] 595144.</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster|Constance of Castile]], wife of [[John of Gaunt]] (d. [[1394]])
* [[Denis, Lord of Cifuentes]], ''infante'' of Portugal (d. c.[[1397]])
* [[Alonso Enríquez]], Spanish nobleman (d. [[1429]])
* [[Frederick III, Count of Moers]], German nobleman (d. [[1417]])
* [[Gilbert de Greenlaw]], Scottish bishop (d. [[1421]])
* [[Jean de Grouchy]], Norman knight (k. [[1435]])
* [[Margaret of Joinville]], French noblewoman (d. [[1418]])
* [[Thomas de Morley, 4th Baron Morley]], English nobleman (d. [[1416]])
* [[Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg]] (d. 1411/12)
* [[Roger de Scales, 4th Baron Scales]], English nobleman (d. [[1387]])
* [[Catherine of Vendôme]], French noblewoman (d. [[1412]])
* [[Violante Visconti]], Italian noblewoman (d. [[1386]])
* [[Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein]], German nobleman (d. [[1393]])

== Deaths ==
=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Charles de La Cerda]] (b. [[1327]])
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Joanna of Châtillon]], Duchess of Athens (b. c. [[1285]])

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Kitabatake Chikafusa]], Japanese [[Kuge|court noble]] (b. [[1293]])<ref>Paul Varley. (1995). "Kitabatake Chikafusa", ''Great Thinkers of the Eastern World'', p. 335.</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Stephen, Duke of Slavonia]], Hungarian prince (b. [[1332]])
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Andrea Dandolo]], doge of Venice (b. [[1306]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hourihane |first1=Colum |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture |date=2012 |publisher=OUP USA |isbn=978-0-19-539536-5 |page=255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA255 |language=en}}</ref>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)|Giovanni Visconti]], Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. [[1290]])
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Cola di Rienzo]], Roman tribune (b. c. [[1313]])
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada]] (b. [[1318]])

* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Wu Zhen (painter)|Wu Zhen]], Chinese painter (b. [[1280]])

== References ==
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