1362
year
1362 (MCCCLXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1362nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 362nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 14th century, and the 3rd year of the 1360s decade. As of the start of 1362, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1330s 1340s 1350s – 1360s – 1370s 1380s 1390s |
| Years: | 1359 1360 1361 – 1362 – 1363 1364 1365 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1362 MCCCLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2115 |
| Armenian calendar | 811 ԹՎ ՊԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6112 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1283–1284 |
| Bengali calendar | 769 |
| Berber calendar | 2312 |
| English Regnal year | 35 Edw. 3 – 36 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1906 |
| Burmese calendar | 724 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6870–6871 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4058 or 3998 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4059 or 3999 |
| Coptic calendar | 1078–1079 |
| Discordian calendar | 2528 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1354–1355 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5122–5123 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1418–1419 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1283–1284 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4462–4463 |
| Holocene calendar | 11362 |
| Igbo calendar | 362–363 |
| Iranian calendar | 740–741 |
| Islamic calendar | 763–764 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōan 2 / Jōji 1 (貞治元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1275–1276 |
| Julian calendar | 1362 MCCCLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3695 |
| Minguo calendar | 550 before ROC 民前550年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −106 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1904–1905 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1488 or 1107 or 335 — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1489 or 1108 or 336 |
Events
change- First Foundation of the Venerable English College
- January 16 – The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes Holland, England, Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland, Germany.
- Under Edward III, English replaces French as England's national language, for the first time following the Norman Conquest of 1066.
- September 28 – Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI as the 200th pope.
- Louis I of Hungary defeats and captures Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria; he conquers northern Bulgaria, extending his control over the Balkans.
- The Ottomans capture Philippopolis and Adrianopole (now the city of Edirne) from the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire is reduced to the city of Constantinople.
- Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg.
- Shahabuddin succeeds his brother, Alauddin Ali Sher, as Sultan of Kashmir.
- Constantine VI succeeds his cousin, Constantine V, as King of Armenia.
- Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas crushed the Tatars at the Blue Waters of the Southern Bug in 1362.
Births
change- Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (died 1435)
- Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (died 1425)
Deaths
change- April 6 – James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
- April 10 – Maud, Countess of Leicester(b. 1339)
- July 22 – Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (born 1324)
- September 12 – Pope Innocent VI
- Constantine V of Armenia
- Louis of Taranto (born 1320)