1361

This article is about the year 1361. For the preserved locomotive, see Pennsylvania Railroad 1361.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1340s 1350s 1360s 1370s 1380s
Years:	1358 1359 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364

1361 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1361 MCCCLXI
Ab urbe condita	2114
Armenian calendar	810 ԹՎ ՊԺ
Assyrian calendar	6111
Balinese saka calendar	1282–1283
Bengali calendar	767–768
Berber calendar	2311
English Regnal year	34 Edw. 3 – 35 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1905
Burmese calendar	723
Byzantine calendar	6869–6870
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4058 or 3851     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4059 or 3852
Coptic calendar	1077–1078
Discordian calendar	2527
Ethiopian calendar	1353–1354
Hebrew calendar	5121–5122
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1417–1418
- Shaka Samvat	1282–1283
- Kali Yuga	4461–4462
Holocene calendar	11361
Igbo calendar	361–362
Iranian calendar	739–740
Islamic calendar	762–763
Japanese calendar	Enbun 6 / Kōan 1 (康安元年)
Javanese calendar	1274–1275
Julian calendar	1361 MCCCLXI
Korean calendar	3694
Minguo calendar	551 before ROC 民前551年
Nanakshahi calendar	−107
Thai solar calendar	1903–1904
Tibetan calendar	阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1487 or 1106 or 334     — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1488 or 1107 or 335

Year 1361 (MCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• March 17 – An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, is killed by one of his own mamluks, Yalbugha al-Umari, who, with the senior Mamluk emirs, has al-Mansur Muhammad installed as the new sultan.
• April 13 – The University of Pavia is founded, on the Italian Peninsula.
• May 1 – King Magnus IV Eriksson warns the inhabitants of Visby in a letter, of an upcoming Danish invasion.
• July 27 – Battle of Visby: King Valdemar IV of Denmark conquers the city of Visby by defeating the defending Gutnish country yeomen, and takes Gotland.
• October 10 – Edward, the Black Prince marries Joan of Kent at Windsor Castle.

Date unknown

• In the Marinid Empire in modern-day Morocco, Abu Salim Ibrahim is overthrown by Abu Umar, who is in turn overthrown by Abu Zayyan.
• Great Troubles: the Blue Horde descends into anarchy. Between 1361 and 1378, over 20 khans succeed each other in different parts of the Blue Horde's territory.
• Chinese rebels capture the Goryeo capital.
• The earliest known musical keyboard instrument is built, with the layout of black and white keys that becomes standard.

Births

• February 26 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
• date unknown
  • John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (d. 1396)
  • Isabella, Countess of Foix, vassal ruler (d. 1428)
  • King Charles III of Navarre (d. 1425)
  • She Xiang, Chinese tribute chieftain (d. 1396)

Deaths

• January 7 – Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
• March 17 – An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1334/35)
• March 23 – Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, English soldier and diplomat
• May 21 – Orhan Ghazi, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1274)
• June 9 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b. 1291)
• June 15 – Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian
• June 17 – Ingeborg of Norway, princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. 1301)
• September 18 – Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
• October 4 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English baron (b. 1310)
• October 8 – John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp, Warden of the Cinque Ports
• November 21 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
• date unknown
  • Giovanni, son of Francesco Petrarch (plague)
  • Richard Badew, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
  • Reynold Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham of Sterborough, English knight and diplomat (b. 1295)
  • Hajji Beg, Barlas leader
  • c. 1362 Blanche of Bourbon