1372
year
1372 (MCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1372nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 372nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 14th century, and the 3rd year of the 1370s decade. As of the start of 1372, 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: | 1369 1370 1371 – 1372 – 1373 1374 1375 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1372 MCCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2125 |
| Armenian calendar | 821 ԹՎ ՊԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6122 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1293–1294 |
| Bengali calendar | 779 |
| Berber calendar | 2322 |
| English Regnal year | 45 Edw. 3 – 46 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1916 |
| Burmese calendar | 734 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6880–6881 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4068 or 4008 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 4069 or 4009 |
| Coptic calendar | 1088–1089 |
| Discordian calendar | 2538 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1364–1365 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5132–5133 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1428–1429 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1293–1294 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4472–4473 |
| Holocene calendar | 11372 |
| Igbo calendar | 372–373 |
| Iranian calendar | 750–751 |
| Islamic calendar | 773–774 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōan 5 (応安５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1285–1286 |
| Julian calendar | 1372 MCCCLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3705 |
| Minguo calendar | 540 before ROC 民前540年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −96 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1914–1915 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1498 or 1117 or 345 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1499 or 1118 or 346 |
Events
change- In this year, the city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins. It is the first city in the world to do so.
- The French & the Castilians defeat the English in the naval Battle of La Rochelle. The French gain control of the English Channel for the first time since 1340.
- 4 year old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as Marinids Sultan of Morocco.
- Welshman Owain Lawgoch makes a second attempt to take the throne of Wales from the English. Whilst attacking the island of Guernsey, Owain abandons the invasion in order to fight the English at the Battle of La Rochelle.
- Newaya Maryam succeeds his father, Newaya Krestos, as ruler of Ethiopia.
- Peace declared between the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples.
- The Kingdom of Chūzan (now in southern Japan) enters tributary relations with Ming Dynasty China.
Births
change- March 13 – Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, son of king Charles V of France (died 1407)
- Makhdoom Ali Mahimi, Sufi saint from India
- Princess Beatrice of Portugal, future Queen of Portugal and Queen-consort of Castile (died 1410)
Deaths
change- August 31 – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (born 1301)
- Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (born 1318)
- Bagrat I the Little, King of Georgia