1370
year
1370 (MCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1370th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 370th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 14th century, and the 1st year of the 1370s decade. As of the start of 1370, 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: | 1340s 1350s 1360s – 1370s – 1380s 1390s 1400s |
| Years: | 1367 1368 1369 – 1370 – 1371 1372 1373 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1370 MCCCLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2123 |
| Armenian calendar | 819 ԹՎ ՊԺԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6120 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1291–1292 |
| Bengali calendar | 777 |
| Berber calendar | 2320 |
| English Regnal year | 43 Edw. 3 – 44 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1914 |
| Burmese calendar | 732 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6878–6879 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4066 or 4006 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4067 or 4007 |
| Coptic calendar | 1086–1087 |
| Discordian calendar | 2536 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1362–1363 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5130–5131 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1426–1427 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1291–1292 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4470–4471 |
| Holocene calendar | 11370 |
| Igbo calendar | 370–371 |
| Iranian calendar | 748–749 |
| Islamic calendar | 771–772 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōan 3 (応安３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1283–1284 |
| Julian calendar | 1370 MCCCLXX |
| Korean calendar | 3703 |
| Minguo calendar | 542 before ROC 民前542年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −98 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1912–1913 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1496 or 1115 or 343 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1497 or 1116 or 344 |
Events
change- May 24 – The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.
- October 20 – Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Constantinople, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria.
- December 20 – Pope Gregory XI succeeds Pope Urban V as the 201st pope.
- Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war.
- Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London.
- Fortification of Xian City (Chang'an)
- Timur completes his conquest of Cental Asia and parts of Persia, establishing the Timurid Empire.
- Tran Phu deposes Duong Nhat Le as King of Vietnam.
- For the second time since 1368, Moscow attacks Tver. Tver again makes a counter-attack with the aid of Lithuania and the Blue Horde.
- Casimir III of Poland is succeeded jointly by his sister, Elisabeth of Kujavia, and her son, Louis I of Hungary. Beginning of the rule of Poland by the Capet-Anjou family.
Births
change- Duke William of Austria (died July 14, 1406)
- Guarino da Verona, Italian humanist (died 1460)
- Joanna of Navarre, daughter of Charles II of Navarre (died 1437)
- John Lydgate, English Benedictine monk and poet (died 1451)
- Queen Mary of Sicily (died 1402)
- Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (died 1443)
- King Olaf IV of Norway (died 1387)
- John VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (died 1408)
- Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (died 1428)
- Jan Sindel, Polish scientist (died 1443)
- Jan Zizka, leader of the Hussites (died 1424)
- Pawel Wlodkowic, Polish scholar (died 1435)
Deaths
change- December 19 – Pope Urban V (born 1310)
- Casimir III of Poland (born 1310)
- Ukhaatu Khan, Grand khan of the Mongol Empire (born 1320)
- Shi Nai'an, Chinese writer (born 1296)