1361
year
1361 (MCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1361st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 361st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 14th century, and the 2nd year of the 1360s decade. As of the start of 1361, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1330s 1340s 1350s – 1360s – 1370s 1380s 1390s |
| Years: | 1358 1359 1360 – 1361 – 1362 1363 1364 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1361 MCCCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2114 |
| Armenian calendar | 810 ԹՎ ՊԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6111 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1282–1283 |
| Bengali calendar | 768 |
| Berber calendar | 2311 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Edw. 3 – 35 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1905 |
| Burmese calendar | 723 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6869–6870 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4057 or 3997 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4058 or 3998 |
| Coptic calendar | 1077–1078 |
| Discordian calendar | 2527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1353–1354 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5121–5122 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1417–1418 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1282–1283 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4461–4462 |
| Holocene calendar | 11361 |
| Igbo calendar | 361–362 |
| Iranian calendar | 739–740 |
| Islamic calendar | 762–763 |
| Japanese calendar | Enbun 6 / Kōan 1 (康安元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1274–1275 |
| Julian calendar | 1361 MCCCLXI |
| Korean calendar | 3694 |
| Minguo calendar | 551 before ROC 民前551年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −107 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1903–1904 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1487 or 1106 or 334 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1488 or 1107 or 335 |
Events
change- Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy.
- The Hungarian capital is moved from Esztergom to Buda.
- In the Marinid Empire in present-day Morocco, Abu Salim Ibrahim is overthrown by Abu Umar. Abu Umar is then later in the year overthrown by Abu Zayyan.
- State of anarchy within the Blue Horde. Between 1361 and 1378, over 20 khans succeed each other in different parts of the Blue Horde's territory.
- Edward, the Black Prince, marries Joan, the 'Fair Maid of Kent'.
Births
change- February 26 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (died 1419)
- John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (died 1396)
Deaths
change- March 24 – Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, English soldier and diplomat
- June 9 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (born 1291)
- June 15 – Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian
- November 21 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (born 1346 – age 15)
- Giovanni (plague), son of Francesco Petrarch
- Richard Badew, Chancellor of Cambridge University
- John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de Somerset, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (born 1295)
- Jan z Melsztyna, Polish nobleman