thumb|right|150px|Coat of arms of [[Philip II of Taranto, who became Titular Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Taranto on September 10, 1364.]]Year 1364 (MCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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January&ndash;December

  • February 15 &ndash; Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg the new king of Sweden.
  • February 20 &ndash; David II of Scotland marries Margaret Drummond.
  • April 8 &ndash; Charles V becomes King of France.
  • May 12 &ndash; The Jagiellonian University is founded in Kraków.
  • July 28 &ndash; Battle of Cascina: Forces of the Republic of Florence, led by Galeotto Malatesta, defeat those of Pisa.
  • August 6 &ndash; Ignatius Saba I becomes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Tur Abdin.
  • September 10 &ndash; Philip of Anjou becomes Titular Emperor of Constantinople and Prince of Taranto.
  • September 29 &ndash; Battle of Auray: The Breton War of Succession ends, with the victory of the House of Montfort over Charles of Blois.

Date unknown

  • Vladislav I (also known as Vlaicu-Vodă) becomes voivode of Wallachia.
  • Bogdana Monastery is built in Moldavia.
  • Rana Kshetra Singh succeeds Rana Hamir Singh, as ruler of Mewar (part of modern-day western India).
  • Anavema Reddy succeeds Anavota Reddy, as ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (part of modern-day southern India).
  • The Kingdom of Ava is established by Thado Minbya in modern-day northern Burma. Some chronicles and sources however date the event in 1365.

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Births

  • September &ndash; Christine de Pizan, French writer (d. c.1430)
  • November 30 &ndash; John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
  • December 16 &ndash; Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
  • date unknown
  • al-Maqrizi, Egyptian historian and biographer (d. 1442)
  • Gyaltsab Je, first throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (d. 1432)
  • Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī, Persian mathematician (d. 1436)

Deaths

  • April 8 &ndash; King John II of France (b. 1319)
  • June 19 &ndash; Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon (b. 1292)
  • June 30 &ndash; Arnošt of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
  • August 5 &ndash; Emperor Kōgon of Japan (b. 1313)
  • September 10 &ndash; Robert of Taranto
  • September 29 &ndash; Charles I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1319)
  • date unknown
  • Nicholas Alexander, voivode of Wallachia
  • Gajah Mada, prime minister of the Majapahit empire
  • King Valdemar III of Denmark (b. 1314)

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