1364

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The year 1364 is a leap year that begins on a Monday.

Events

November (1364 or 1365): Dieppian sailors arm two ships that reach Cape Verde at Christmas. They build a counter called Petit-Dieppe at the mouth of the Cestos rio on the coasts of today's Liberia. They returned to Dieppe loaded with ivory and wand in . In the following years, other Norman counters settled on the coasts of West Africa as far as Elmina, Guinea, which received a church in 1384.

Upper Burma: destruction of the kingdoms of Pinya and Sagaing. Foundation of the kingdom of Ava by King Thadominbya.

Europe

13 January - 25 March: freezing of the Rhine, Seine (Rouen) and Loire for three months, Rhône and Basse-Garonne. Winter 1363-1364 particularly long (19 weeks in Tournai) and rigorous.

February 10: Brno agreement between Charles IV of Luxembourg and the Habsburgs, which provides that each house will inherit the possessions of the other in case of extinction.
April 7th: siege of Mantes by Bertrand Du Guesclin.
April 9 : take of Rolleboise by Bertrand Du Guesclin.
April 11: headquarters of Meulan by Bertrand Du Guesclin.

May 7: King John the Good, who died in London on April 8, was buried in Saint-Denis.
12 May: Casimir the Great founded the University of Krakow.
16 May: Battle of Cocherel near Evreux. Bertrand Du Guesclin beats Charles the Bad and his English allies; He received a reward for Longueville County. Charles the Bad will no longer interfere in the affairs of the kingdom and lose his possessions of Île-de-France.
May 19: Charles V in Reims. Beginning of the reign of Charles V the Wise, King of France (until 1380).

July 9: Letters Patent of Charles V restoring the privileges of the city of Caen.

28 July: Florence won against Pisa at the Battle of Cascina.
August 30: peace between Florence and Pisa, favorable to the Florentines.
3 September: The currency is stabilized in France by the creation of the Franc on foot which replaces the Franc on horseback. King Charles V of France took over finance and the army.

29 September: Battle of Auray between Jean de Montfort and Charles de Blois for the crown of the Duchy of Brittany. Blois is killed; Guesclin is taken prisoner. Charles V gets his deliverance against paying a ransom.
September: At the convention in Krakow, Casimir III of Poland appears as a mediator between Emperor Charles of Bohemia and King Louis of Hungary, during the discussions on the plans of crusades at the call of the king of Cyprus Peter I.

Births in 1364

Death in 1364

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