1373

Events

### Europe

* 8 January: King Charles V of France granted hereditary and perpetual nobility to the mayor, aldermen, and their successors of La Rochelle as a thank you for expelling the English from the city.
* 22 January: Charles V created the government of Aunis, distinct from the Saintonge.
* 23 February: Henri II de Castille threatened Lisbon.
* March 13: An English attempt to disembark the Earl of Salisbury in Saint-Malo failed.

### Asia and Africa

* The Byzantine emperor John V Palaeologus was scheduled to accompany the Ottoman Sultan on a campaign in Asia Minor, but no further information is available about this event.
* Tamerlane began a campaign to South Khorezm.
* The Serbedar Uprising in Kerman was suppressed after a 9-month siege of Kerman by feudal militia.

### Eastern Europe

* Wenceslas IV became the Margrave of Brandenburg during his father's lifetime.
* Lazar Khrebelyanovich concluded an alliance with Tvrtko I and, with the support of Lajos the Great, defeated Nikola Altomanovich.
* Andrey Olgerdovich and Keistut made a campaign to Pereyaslavskaya volost.
* Skirgailo Olgerdovich made a campaign to Dinaburg.

### Asia Minor

* The Cyprus–Genoese War of 1373–1374 began with the Genoese invasion of Cyprus.

### Eastern Europe (Continued)

* Andronicus IV Palaeologus tried to revolt against John V, but failed. He was blinded in one eye and imprisoned in the tower of Anem along with his son John.
* The War for White Clothes in Livonia took place.

Births

* Andronicus of Moscow
* John Suzdal
* Mikhail Vasilyevich

See also

* Category: Born in 1373
* Category: Dead in 1373