1369

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Years: 1366 1367 1368 - 1369 - 1370 1371 1372

Decades: 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

• King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England.
• Venice repels Hungarian invasion.
• Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.
• Tamerlane names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.

Births

• Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (died 1435)
• William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (died 1414)
• John Dunstable, English composer (died 1453)
• Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer (died 1415)

Deaths

• January 17 - King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (born 1328)
• March 23 - King Peter I of Castile (born 1334)
• August 15 - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England
• September 12 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (plague) (b. 1345)
• October 3 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (born 1318)
• John Chandos, English knight
• Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar (born 1285)
• Ramathibodi I, first king of Ayutthaya (born 1314)
• Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray
• Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick