Year 1358 (MCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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January&ndash;December

  • January 10 &ndash; Muhammad II as Said becomes ruler of the Marinid dynasty in modern-day Morocco after the assassination of Abu Inan Faris.
  • February 11 &ndash; Mohammed Shah I becomes Bahmani Sultan of Deccan (part of modern-day southern India) after the death of Sultan Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah.
  • February 18 &ndash; Treaty of Zadar, between Louis I of Hungary/Croatia and the Republic of Venice: The Venetians lose influence over their former Dalmatian holdings.
  • March 16 &ndash; King Haakon VI of Norway designates the city of Skien as a city with trading privileges, making it the sixth town with city status in Norway.
  • May 28 &ndash; Hundred Years' War: The Jacquerie &ndash; A peasant rebellion begins in France, which consumes the Beauvais, and allies with Étienne Marcel's seizure of Paris.
  • June 27 &ndash; The Republic of Ragusa is founded, after being freed from the Republic of Venice.
  • July 10 &ndash; Battle of Mello: The Jacquerie rebellion is defeated by a coalition of nobles, led by Charles II of Navarre.

Date unknown

  • Mubariz al-Din Muhammad, leader of the Arab Muzaffarid tribe, expels the Blue Horde from Ilkhanate territory in Persia. The Muzaffarid then release control of the Il-Khanate, after being marched on by the Mongol Jalayirid tribe, ruled by Shaikh Uvais. Shaikh Uvais becomes the new Il-Khan. The Ilkhanate is effectively now disbanded, and replaced by the Jalayirid dynasty of Persia.
  • Shah Shuja overthrows his father, Mubarazuddin Muhammad, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe.
  • Estimation: Nanjing in Yuan China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Yuan China.</onlyinclude>

Births

  • February 20 &ndash; Eleanor of Aragon, queen of John I of Castile (d. 1382)
  • August 24 &ndash; King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
  • September 25 &ndash; Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1408)
  • date unknown
  • Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (d. 1399)
  • Anne of Auvergne, Sovereign Dauphine of Auvergne and Countess of Forez (d. 1417)

Deaths

  • January 6 &ndash; Gertrude van der Oosten, Dutch beguine
  • January 10 &ndash; Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (b. 1329)
  • February 11 &ndash; Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, first Bahmani Sultan of Deccan
  • June 7 &ndash; Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (b. 1305)
  • c. June &ndash; Guillaume Cale, French peasant revolutionary (executed)
  • July 31 &ndash; Étienne Marcel, Provost of the merchants of Paris
  • August 16 &ndash; Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298)
  • August 22 &ndash; Isabella of France, queen consort of Edward II of England (b. 1295)
  • November &ndash; Gregory of Rimini, Italian philosopher
  • December 29 &ndash; Niels Bugge, Danish magnate and rebel leader (murdered) (b. 1300)
  • date unknown &ndash; Brian MacCathmhaoil, Irish Bishop of Clogher (plague)

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