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1352
(
MCCCLII
)
was a
leap year starting on Sunday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1352nd year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 352nd year of the
2nd millennium
, the 52nd year of the
14th century
, and the 3rd year of the
1350s
decade. As of the start of 1352, the Gregorian calendar was
8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
- June 4
?
Glarus
joins the
Swiss
Confederation.
- June 27
?
Zug
joins the
Swiss Confederation
.
- December 18
?
Pope Innocent VI
succeeds
Pope Clement VI
as the 199th
pope
.
- Moroccan traveller
Ibn Battuta
reports the existence of the
ngoni
and
balafon
instruments at the court of
Mansa Musa
.
- Drago?
becomes
voivode
of
Moldova
.
- Corpus Christi College
founded as a College of the
University of Cambridge
by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- The
Ottoman Turk
army crosses the
Bosporus
, entering the
Balkans
.
- Lionel of Antwerp
marries Elizabeth, daughter of
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster
.
- William de Ashlee
becomes
Rector
of
Maids Moreton
,
England
.
- The town of
Biel/Bienne
,
Switzerland
finalizes its alliance with the city of
Bern
.
- Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham
becomes a Companion of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter
of
England
.
- The
Earldom of Kent
becomes extinct (see
Deaths
, below).
- The
Metropolitan
of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
, the
Metropolitan of Halych
, began to relocate back to
Kiev
, after having moved to
Halych
in
1299
. Thereafter, the Metropolitan would hold the title of
Metropolitan of Kiev-Halych and All Rus
.
