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Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century
Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s
Years: 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 - 1362 - 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367
| 1362 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1362 MCCCLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2115 |
| Armenian calendar | 811 ԹՎ ՊԺԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -482 – -481 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1906 |
| Chinese calendar | 3998/4058-12-5 (辛丑年十二月初五日) — to —
3999/4059-12-15(壬寅年十二月十五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1354 – 1355 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5122 – 5123 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1417 – 1418 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1284 – 1285 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4463 – 4464 |
| Holocene calendar | 11362 |
| Iranian calendar | 740 – 741 |
| Islamic calendar | 763 – 764 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2022 (皇紀2022年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11362 |
| Julian calendar | 1407 |
| Korean calendar | 3695 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1905 |
[edit] Events
- 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 Alhierd(Alhirdas, Olgierd) crushed the Tatars at the Blue Waters of the Southern Bug in 1362.
[edit] Births
- Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (died 1435)
- Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (died 1425)
[edit] Deaths
- 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)
