Year 1369 (MCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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January&ndash;December

  • February &ndash; Vladislav I of Wallachia liberates Vidin from the Hungarians, resulting in the restoration of Ivan Sratsimir on the throne of Bulgaria, in the autumn.
  • March 14 &ndash; Battle of Montiel: Pedro of Castile loses to an alliance between the French and his half-brother, Henry II.
  • May &ndash; King Charles V of France renounces the Treaty of Brétigny, and war is declared between France and England.
  • September &ndash; Hundred Years' War: The French burn Portsmouth, England; the English raid Picardy and Normandy.
  • November 30 &ndash; Hundred Years' War: Charles V of France recaptures most of Aquitaine from the English. A storm causes Owain to abandon the invasion.

Dates unknown

  • The Ottoman Empire invades Bulgaria.
  • Venice repels a Hungarian invasion.
  • The Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom conquers Cambodia for a second time.
  • Charles V of France orders Hugues Aubriot to construct the fortress of the Bastille in Paris.
  • Timur names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.
  • Košice becomes the first town in Europe to be granted its own coat of arms.
  • The Hongwu Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty issues a decree ordering every country magistrate in the empire to open a Confucian school of learning.
  • The official production of Jingdezhen porcelain in Ming dynasty China is on record.</onlyinclude>

Births

  • January/February &ndash; Pope Martin V (d. 1431)
  • May 28th &ndash; Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero (d. 1424)
  • date unknown &ndash; William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (d. 1414)
  • probable &ndash; King Constantine I of Georgia (d. c. 1412)
  • approximate &ndash; Jan Hus, Czech priest and philosopher (d. 1415)
  • approximate &ndash; Margareta, Swedish Sami missionary (d. 1425)

Deaths

  • January 17 &ndash; King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328)
  • March 23 &ndash; King Peter of Castile (b. 1334) (murdered after the battle of Montiel)
  • August 15 &ndash; Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England (b. 1311) (dropsy)
  • October 3 &ndash; Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
  • November 13 &ndash; Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
  • date unknown
  • Sir John Chandos, English knight
  • Agnes Dunbar, Countess of Moray
  • Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  • Ramathibodi I, first king of Ayutthaya (b. 1314)

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