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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1355''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Charles IV of Bohemia]] is crowned with the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]] as King of Italy in Milan.
* [[January 7]] &ndash; King [[Alphonso IV of Portugal]] sends three men who kill [[Inês de Castro]], mistress of his son [[Peter I of Portugal|Pedro]], who revolts and incites a civil war.
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[St Scholastica Day riot]] in [[Oxford]], [[Kingdom of England|England]], breaks out, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.<ref>Brockliss, L. W. B. (2016). The University of Oxford: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-924356-3.</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Red Turban Rebellions]]: [[Han Lin'er]], a claimed descendant of [[Emperor Huizong of Song]], is proclaimed emperor of the restored [[Song dynasty]] in [[Bozhou]].<ref name=Twitchett>{{cite book|author=Denis Twitchett|title=The Cambridge History of China, Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tyhT9SZRLS8C|date=1988|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn= 978-0-521-24332-2|pages=42–45}}</ref>
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Philip II, Prince of Taranto]], marries [[Maria of Calabria]], daughter of [[Charles, Duke of Calabria]], and [[Marie of Valois, Duchess of Calabria|Marie of Valois]].
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]] is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in [[Rome]].
* [[April 18]] &ndash; In [[Venice]], the [[Council of Ten]] beheads [[Doge of Venice|Doge]] [[Marin Falier]], for conspiring to kill them.<ref>Villari, Luigi (1911). "Faliero, Marino" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 148.</ref>
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Red Turban Rebellions]]: [[Guo Zixing]] dies, leaving his forces to the command of his son-in-law, [[Zhu Yuanzhang]]. Guo's successors are later killed in battle while trying to capture [[Nanjing]].<ref name=Twitchett/></onlyinclude>
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Battle of Nesbit Moor (1355)|Battle of Nesbit Moor]]: The Scottish army decisively defeats the English.<ref>Dalrymple, Sir David (1819). Annals of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: Archibald Constable & Co. p. 182-183.</ref>
* [[September 1]] &ndash; The [[old town of Visoki]] is first mentioned in [[Tvrtko I of Bosnia]]'s charter ''in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum''.<ref>Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (3 April 2009). "Povijesno područje – Stari grad Visoki". Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2023.</ref>
* [[October 5]]–[[December 2]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355|Black Prince's ''chevauchée'' of 1355]] – A large mounted Anglo-Gascon force under the command of [[Edward the Black Prince]] marches from [[Bordeaux]] in English-held [[Gascony]] 300 miles (480&nbsp;km) south to [[Narbonne]] and back, devastating a wide swathe of French territory.<ref>Madden, Mollie Marie (2014). The Black Prince at War: The Anatomy of a Chevauchée (PDF) (PhD thesis). Minnesota: University of Minnesota.</ref>
* Date unknown &ndash; [[Battle of Ihtiman]]: The [[Ottoman Turks]] defeat the [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]] but suffer heavy losses and do not return to Bulgarian territory for around 15 years.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Asenov|first=Veselin|title=Michael Asen IV and Ivan Asen IV - the forgotten heroes|language=Bulgarian|url=https://bulgarianhistory.org/mihail-asen-ivan-asen-zabraveni-geroi/|journal=Bulgarian History|date=2018-03-19}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester]], son of King [[Edward III of England]] (d. [[1397]])
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Philippa Plantagenet]], Countess of Ulster (d. [[1382]])
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Zhu Biao]], eldest son of the [[Hongwu Emperor]] and [[Taizi|crown prince]] of the [[Ming dynasty]] (d. [[1392]])<ref>''Taizu Shilu'', ''[https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%8E%E5%A4%AA%E7%A5%96%E9%AB%98%E7%9A%87%E5%B8%9D%E5%AF%A6%E9%8C%84/%E5%8D%B7026 Vol.26]''</ref>

* ''probable''
** [[Acamapichtli]], 1st ''[[tlatoani]]'' (monarch) of [[Tenochtitlan]] (modern Mexico City), 1375-1395 (d. [[1395]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/acamapichtli-punado-de-canas-1375-1395|website=Arqueologia Mexicana|title=Acamapichtli, "Puñado de cañas" (1375-1395)|date=July 2016|access-date=June 3, 2019|language=es|trans-title=Acamapichtli, "Fistful of canes" (1375-1395)}}</ref>
** [[Manuel Chrysoloras]], Byzantine humanist (d. [[1415]])
** [[Konrad von Jungingen]], German 25th Grand Master of [[the Teutonic Order]]
** [[Gemistus Pletho]], Greek scholar
** [[Foelke Kampana]], Frisian lady and regent  (d. [[1418]])
** [[Mircea I of Wallachia]] (d. 1418)

== Deaths ==
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Inês de Castro]], lover of King [[Peter I of Portugal]] (murdered) (b. [[1325]])
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Marin Falier]], [[Doge of Venice]] (b. [[1285]])
* [[April 22]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Woodstock]], countess regent of Guelders, eldest daughter of King [[Edward II of England]] (b. [[1318]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=173 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA173 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Guo Zixing]], Chinese [[Red Turban Rebellions|Red Turban]] rebel leader<ref name=Twitchett/>
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh]]
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Louis of Sicily]]
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[John III, Duke of Brabant]] (b. [[1300]])
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan]], Emperor of Serbia
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Bettina d'Andrea]], Italian lawyer and professor

== References ==
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