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.

Events [ change | change source ]

• 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 | change source ]

• 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 | change source ]

• 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