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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1362''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] switches [[New Year]] to January 1, before any other country does.
* [[January 16]] &ndash; The "[[Grote Mandrenke]]" [[storm tide]] strikes the [[Netherlands]], England, Germany and [[Denmark]], destroying the Danish settlement of [[Rungholt]] in the [[Duchy of Schleswig]], and the [[Humber]] estuary port of [[Ravenser Odd]] in England. The [[East Frisian Islands|East Frisian island]] of [[Buise]] is broken into two by [[North Sea]] floods.
* [[February 15]] &ndash; King [[Haakon VI of Norway]], son of [[Magnus IV of Sweden]], proclaims himself king of [[Sweden]] in opposition to his father. However, later in the year, father and son are reconciled and rule Sweden together.
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Murad I]] succeeds his father [[Orhan]] as sultan of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Muhammed V, Sultan of Granada]], returns to the throne after the murder of the usurper [[Muhammed VI, Sultan of Granada|Muhammed VI]].
* [[April 6]]
** [[Battle of Brignais]]: The [[Free Companies]] defeat a French army.
** A fire destroys much of [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|St Patrick's Cathedral]] in [[Dublin]].<ref name=Fires>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p27</ref>
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Kaunas Castle]] in Lithuania falls to the [[Teutonic Order]], after a [[Siege of Kaunas (1362)|month-long siege]].
* [[June]] &ndash; Under the terms of the will of Sir [[John de Wingfield]] (died 1361), the church of St. Andrew and a college of priests are founded in [[Wingfield, Suffolk]], England.
* [[June 22]] &ndash; An alliance is formed between [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Crown of Castile|Castile]].<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan |last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica |year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=106–108|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Valdemar IV of Denmark]] defeats the [[Hanseatic League]] in the naval [[Battle of Helsingborg (1362)|Battle of Helsingborg]].
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Urban V]] succeeds [[Pope Innocent VI]], as the 200th [[pope]].
* [[October 13]] &ndash; The Chancellor of England for the first time opens Parliament with a speech in English.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11156904/The-slang-words-that-defined-the-First-World-War.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018004128/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11156904/The-slang-words-that-defined-the-First-World-War.html|archive-date=October 18, 2014|title=The slang words that defined the First World War|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=Oct 13, 2014|access-date=October 24, 2014}}</ref> Under [[Edward III of England]], the [[Pleading in English Act 1362|Pleading in English Act]] makes [[English language|English]] rather than [[Law French]] the official language in law courts.<ref name=CBH/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://languageandlaw.org/TEXTS/STATS/PLEADING.HTM|title=Statute of Pleading|year=1362|publisher=Language and Law.org|access-date=2014-02-03}}</ref>
* [[November]] &ndash; [[Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence|Lionel of Antwerp]], son of King [[Edward III of England]], is created [[Duke of Clarence]].
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Constantine IV, King of Armenia|Constantine IV]] succeeds his cousin, [[Constantine III, King of Armenia|Constantine III]], as [[King of Armenia]].

=== Date unknown ===
* Autumn 1362 or [[1363]] &ndash; [[Battle of Blue Waters]]: [[Grand Duke of Lithuania]] [[Algirdas]] defeats the [[Golden Horde|Tatars]], and takes over [[Kyiv]].
* [[Red Turban Rebellions]]: [[Hu Dahai]], aide to [[Zhu Yuanzhang]], is killed by [[Miao people|Miao]] chieftains in Yanzhou (part of modern-day [[Jinhua]] and [[Hangzhou]]).<ref name=Ming>''[[History of Ming]]'', ''[https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hans/%E6%98%8E%E5%8F%B2_(%E5%9B%9B%E5%BA%AB%E5%85%A8%E6%9B%B8%E6%9C%AC)/%E5%8D%B7133 Vol.133]''</ref> [[Chaghan Temur]] is killed and succeeded by his nephew [[Köke Temür]].
* The [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] capture [[Plovdiv|Philippopolis]] (or in 1364, 1371) and [[Adrianopole]] (the modern-day city of [[Edirne]], or in 1369) from the [[Byzantine Empire]], reducing its territory to the city of [[Constantinople]], part of the [[Peloponessus]], and some islands.
* The [[Öræfajökull]] volcano erupts in Iceland, resulting in the destruction of the district of [[Litlahérað]] by flood and [[tephra]] fall.
* The [[English College, Rome|English Hospice]] of the Most Holy Trinity and St Thomas is founded in [[Rome]]. It goes on to become the [[English College, Rome|English College]], a centre for training English priests in Rome.
* Purported date of the inscription of the [[Kensington Runestone]], at [[Solem Township, Douglas County, Minnesota|Solem, Minnesota]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland]] (d. [[1392]])
* [[Empress Xu (Ming dynasty)]] of China (d. [[1407]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Wang Fu (painter)|Wang Fu]], Chinese painter (d. [[1416]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen]] (d. [[1420]])<ref name="huberty219">{{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Michel |last2=Giraud |first2=Alain |last3=Magdelaine |first3=F.&nbsp;&&nbsp;B. |name-list-style=& |date=1981 |title=l'Allemagne Dynastique |language=fr |volume=Tome&nbsp;III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg |location=Le Perreux |publisher=Alain Giraud |page=219 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=66 }}</ref>
** [[Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany]] (d. [[1425]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Orhan]], Ottoman sultan (b. [[1281]])
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[James I, Count of La Marche]], French soldier (b. [[1319]])
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Maud, Countess of Leicester]] (b. [[1339]])
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Louis of Taranto]] (b. [[1320]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Anna von Schweidnitz]], empress of [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]] (b. [[1339]]) (childbirth)
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Louis of Durazzo]], Italian soldier (poisoned) (b. [[1324]])
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Joan of The Tower]], Queen consort of king [[David II of Scotland]] (b. [[1321]])
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VI]] (b. [[1282]] or [[1295]])
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Frederick III, Duke of Austria]], second son of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. [[1347]])
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Constantine III, King of Armenia]] (b. [[1313]])
* ''date unknown'' 
** [[Hu Dahai]], Chinese general<ref name=Ming/>
** Emperor [[John III of Trebizond|John III]] of [[Empire of Trebizond|Trebizond]]

== References ==
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