1356
Year 1356 (MCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1356 MCCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2109 |
| Armenian calendar | 805 ԹՎ ՊԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6106 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1277–1278 |
| Bengali calendar | 763 |
| Berber calendar | 2306 |
| English Regnal year | 29 Edw. 3 – 30 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1900 |
| Burmese calendar | 718 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6864–6865 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4052 or 3992 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4053 or 3993 |
| Coptic calendar | 1072–1073 |
| Discordian calendar | 2522 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1348–1349 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5116–5117 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1412–1413 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1277–1278 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4456–4457 |
| Holocene calendar | 11356 |
| Igbo calendar | 356–357 |
| Iranian calendar | 734–735 |
| Islamic calendar | 756–758 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunna 5 / Enbun 1 (延文元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1268–1269 |
| Julian calendar | 1356 MCCCLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3689 |
| Minguo calendar | 556 before ROC 民前556年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −112 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1898–1899 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1482 or 1101 or 329 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1483 or 1102 or 330 |
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Events
January–December
- January 20 – Edward Balliol surrenders his title as King of Scotland, to Edward III of England.
- September 19 – Hundred Years' War – Battle of Poitiers: The English, commanded by Edward, the Black Prince, defeat the French, capturing King John II of France.
- October 17 – Erik XII proclaims himself king of Sweden, in opposition to his father, King Magnus IV. Thus begins a civil war in Sweden between father and son, which will last until Erik's death in 1359.
- October 18 (St Luke's Day) – The Basel earthquake affects northern Switzerland, with a maximum MSK intensity of IX–X (Destructive–Devastating), leaving around 1,000 dead.
- December 25 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, promulgates the Golden Bull, a constitution for his empire.
Date unknown
- The city of Lwów is granted Magdeburg rights by Casimir III of Poland.
- The majority of the Great Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan, to build fortresses and mosques in the nearby city of Cairo, leaving the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.
- Burnt Candlemas: Edward III of England burns down every town and village in Lothian, Scotland.
- The Hanseatic League, a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe, is officially founded.
- Ghazan II replaces Anushirwan, as ruler of the Ilkhanate in Persia.
- Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the leaders in the Red Turban Rebellion, captures the city of Nanjing from the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in China; from then on it becomes his base of power, and the capital of a new dynasty he will establish in 1368, the Ming dynasty.
- The Castelvecchio Bridge in Verona is probably completed this year; its main span of 48.7 m (160 ft) is the world's longest arch at this time.
Births
- July 29 – Martin of Aragon (d. 1410)
- date unknown – Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (d. 1387)
- Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (d. 1412)
Deaths
- June 23 – Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (b. 1311)
- September 19 (killed at the Battle of Poitiers):
- Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
- Walter VI, Count of Brienne, Constable of France (b. 1304)
- date unknown
- Harihara I, founder of the Vijayanagara Empire
- Zheng Yunduan, Chinese poet (b. c. 1327)
References
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