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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <h3>January–December</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_12/0dYB7LrQ">March 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Bridget_of_Sweden/dNNwqm1B">Saint Bridget</a> sets out on a <a href="/facts/Pilgrimage/e0Gvd7TV">pilgrimage</a> to the <a href="/facts/Holy_Land/lju6CuUX">Holy Land</a>, staying in Cyprus until May 12. In August, she is in <a href="/facts/Bethlehem/2X2sxNCr">Bethlehem</a> where she sees a vision of Jesus' birth. In September, she sets sail for <a href="/facts/Naples/SXrFcg2C">Naples</a>, where she arrives in December.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/May/yzCWWNJa">May</a> – <a href="/facts/Owain_Lawgoch/qF64ft9M">Owain Lawgoch</a> makes a second attempt to take the throne of <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a>, sailing with French support from <a href="/facts/Harfleur/pP4oAxtY">Harfleur</a>. Whilst attacking the island of <a href="/facts/Guernsey/CwEjEkm2">Guernsey</a>, he abandons the invasion in order to fight for France at <a href="/facts/La_Rochelle/L1q2HzF8">La Rochelle</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_22/uHcEq5la">June 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Battle_of_La_Rochelle/HRWXhGIz">Battle of La Rochelle</a>: The <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">French</a> and the <a href="/facts/Crown_of_Castile/T1JrdPkx">Castilians</a> defeat the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_England/1VqdIuFc">English</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The French gain control of the <a href="/facts/English_Channel/UPjaSEXf">English Channel</a> for the first time since <a href="/facts/1340/W0QdMvIP">1340</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_10/QI64koSa">July 10</a> – The <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Tagilde/xmLHQKoN">Treaty of Tagilde</a> is signed between <a href="/facts/Ferdinand_I_of_Portugal/2Egmzv79">Ferdinand I of Portugal</a> and representatives of <a href="/facts/John_of_Gaunt/aNXAMWt3">John of Gaunt</a> of England, marking the beginning of the <a href="/facts/Anglo-Portuguese_Alliance/6PFN2AC5">Anglo-Portuguese Alliance</a>, which remains in effect into the 21st century.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/November_9/J2s2qE00">November 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Tr%25E1%25BA%25A7n_Du%25E1%25BB%2587_T%25C3%25B4ng/oueE022I">Trần Duệ Tông</a> succeeds his brother <a href="/facts/Tr%25E1%25BA%25A7n_Ngh%25E1%25BB%2587_T%25C3%25B4ng/H9Hug9Gv">Trần Nghệ Tông</a> as King of <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Date unknown</h3> <ul><li>Encounter of <a href="/facts/Sintra/ATh3K6lK">Sintra</a>: Twenty <a href="/facts/Portuguese_people/1nLGh91a">Portuguese</a> knights rout four hundred Castilian infantrymen of the country.</li> <li>Peace is declared between the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Sicily/AuymVu1X">Kingdom of Sicily</a> and the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Naples/9NtrlFp7">Kingdom of Naples</a>.</li> <li>The Kingdom of <a href="/facts/Ch%25C5%25ABzan/sbXoT3p9">Chūzan</a> (in modern-day southern <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>) enters <a href="/facts/Tribute/DPyaeMKW">tributary relations</a> with <a href="/facts/Ming_dynasty/p3bSVwUH">Ming dynasty</a> <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>.</li> <li>Four-year-old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as <a href="/facts/Marinids/gUzBNVwh">Marinid</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_rulers_of_Morocco/ypYf2Tlt">Sultan of Morocco</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Newaya_Maryam/tYXI3w7D">Newaya Maryam</a> succeeds his father, <a href="/facts/Newaya_Krestos/XpGhf5T5">Newaya Krestos</a>, as ruler of <a href="/facts/Ethiopian_Empire/tDLkYzkb">Ethiopia</a>.</li> <li>The city of <a href="/facts/Aachen/dD9LBC5g">Aachen</a>, Germany, begins adding a <a href="/facts/Roman_numeral/7BA8nn78">Roman numeral</a> <a href="/facts/Anno_Domini/NmQwnQNj">Anno Domini</a> date to a few of its <a href="/facts/Coin/PbMTkT2d">coins</a>, the first city in the world to do so.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_18/WmbangCr">February 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Ibn_Hajar_al-Asqalani/GesvVCIH">Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani</a>, Islamic scholar (d. <a href="/facts/1449/Bw53V0mQ">1449</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_13/DRSdLnfv">March 13</a> – <a href="/facts/Louis_of_Valois%2c_Duke_of_Orl%25C3%25A9ans/T1x49MIE">Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans</a>, son of King <a href="/facts/Charles_V_of_France/b3Nh2QIa">Charles V of France</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1407/qHqMMkRU">1407</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_8/vJWAPBPB">September 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Holland%2c_1st_Duke_of_Surrey/oXQLJobd">Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1400/5mECDcpX">1400</a>)</li> <li>October – <a href="/facts/John_Hastings%2c_3rd_Earl_of_Pembroke/TqscQGd6">John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke</a> (d. <a href="/facts/1389/YyLvJJ7B">1389</a>)</li> <li><i>approximate date</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Helena_Draga%25C5%25A1/FpDkLWRx">Helena Dragaš</a>, empress consort of Byzantium (d. <a href="/facts/1450/Fqoj4su9">1450</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Olivera_Lazarevi%25C4%2587/e2hLK8Xw">Olivera</a>, daughter of <a href="/facts/Lazar_of_Serbia/XgFjI2Ws">Lazar of Serbia</a> and wife of <a href="/facts/Bayezid_I/pTaqEd7H">Bayezid I</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_11/QC9kQSe0">January 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Eleanor_of_Lancaster/YNA3joT4">Eleanor of Lancaster</a>, English noblewoman (b. <a href="/facts/1318/sTAzSbo6">1318</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_19/dnyjjGjF">March 19</a> – <a href="/facts/John_II%2c_Marquess_of_Montferrat/GKKAGk12">John II, Marquess of Montferrat</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1321/nmo5yK62">1321</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_21/5h4oCUn7">March 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Rudolf_VI%2c_Margrave_of_Baden/BFdpnP05">Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_24/mVIkGKN1">August 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Casimir_III%2c_Duke_of_Pomerania/PtIdHk9h">Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania</a> (b. <a href="/facts/1348/MFkKx6Ux">1348</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_31/FrIIMNR2">August 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Ralph_de_Stafford%2c_1st_Earl_of_Stafford/mdIxXB87">Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford</a>, English soldier (b. <a href="/facts/1301/kqSHJwYI">1301</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Bagrat_I_of_Imereti/CAlPU6q4">Bagrat I of Imereti</a>, King of Georgia</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Newaya_Krestos/XpGhf5T5">Newaya Krestos</a>, Emperor of Ethiopia</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Fr. Paolo O. Pirlo, SHMI (1997). "St. Bridget". My First Book of Saints. Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate – Quality Catholic Publications. pp. 158–159. ISBN 971-91595-4-5. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Sherborne, J. W. (1969). "The Battle of La Rochelle and the War at Sea, 1372-5". Historical Research. 42 (105): 17–29. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.1969.tb02322.x. ISSN 1468-2281. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1969.tb02322.x" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1969.tb02322.x</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Benham, Jenny. "The Treaty of Tagilde". British Historical Society of Portugal. Retrieved May 31, 2022. <a href="https://www.bhsportugal.org/library/articles/the-treaty-of-tagilde" target="_blank">https://www.bhsportugal.org/library/articles/the-treaty-of-tagilde</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Noegel, Scott B. (2010). The A to Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism. Wheeler, Brannon M. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-1895-6. OCLC 863824465. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020. <a href="978-1-4617-1895-6" target="_blank">978-1-4617-1895-6</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>