1359
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| Years: 1356 1357 1358 - 1359 - 1360 1361 1362 | |
| Decades: 1320s 1330s 1340s - 1350s - 1360s 1370s 1380s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
Events
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389)
- Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
- Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband Louis of Bavaria are absolved from excommunication.
- Second Treaty of London signed between England and France, but rejected by the French States-General on May 25.
Births
- October 12 - Dmitri Donskoi, Prince of Moscow and Vladimir (died 1389)
- Owain Glyndwr, last Welsh Prince of Wales (died 1416)
- Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders (died 1393)
- Philippa of Lancaster, queen of John I of Portugal (died 1415)
Deaths
- October 10 - Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1310)
- November 14 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (born 1296)
- Ivan II of Russia, ruler of Moscow (1353–1359)
- Eric XII of Sweden (born 1339)af:1359
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