1362 ( MCCCLXII ) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar , the 1362nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 362nd year of the 2nd millennium , the 62nd year of the 14th century , and the 3rd year of the 1360s decade. As of the start of 1362, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• First Foundation of the Venerable English College
• January 16 ? The " Grote Mandrenke " storm tide strikes Holland , England , Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland , Germany .
• Under Edward III , English replaces French as England 's national language, for the first time following the Norman Conquest of 1066 .
• September 28 ? Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI as the 200th pope .
• Louis I of Hungary defeats and captures Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria ; he conquers northern Bulgaria, extending his control over the Balkans.
• The Ottomans capture Philippopolis and Adrianopole (now the city of Edirne ) from the Byzantine Empire . Byzantine Empire is reduced to the city of Constantinople .
• Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg .
• Shahabuddin succeeds his brother, Alauddin Ali Sher , as Sultan of Kashmir .
• Constantine VI succeeds his cousin, Constantine V , as King of Armenia .
• Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas crushed the Tatars at the Blue Waters of the Southern Bug in 1362.

Births [ change | change source ]

• Bonne of Berry , Regent of Savoy (died 1435 )
• Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (died 1425 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• April 6 ? James I, Count of La Marche , French soldier (b. 1319 )
• April 10 ? Maud, Countess of Leicester (b. 1339 )
• July 22 ? Louis of Durazzo , Italian soldier (poisoned) (born 1324 )
• September 12 ? Pope Innocent VI
• Constantine V of Armenia
• Louis of Taranto (born 1320 )