Explore 20 historical events from 1350–1359.
Marino Faliero was the 55th Doge of Venice from 11 September 1354 to 15 April 1355, 2 days before his execution for attempting a coup d'etat.
Marin Falier, Doge of Venice (born 1285)
Eleanor of Woodstock was an English princess and the duchess of Guelders and countess of Zutphen by marriage to Reginald II of Guelders. She was regent as the guardian of their min…
Eleanor of Woodstock, countess regent of Guelders, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (born 1318)
Afonso IV, called the Brave, was King of Portugal from 1325 until his death in 1357. He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon.
Afonso IV of Portugal (born 1291)
Simeon Ivanovich, also known as Semyon Ivanovich, nicknamed the Proud, was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1340 to 1353.
Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman, was a sultan of the Marinid dynasty who reigned in parts of what is now Morocco between 1331 and 1348. In 1333 he captured Gibraltar from the Castilian…
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (born 1297)
Rupert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 and King of the Romans from 1400 until his death.
Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (died 1410)
Kitabatake Chikafusa was a Japanese court noble and writer of the 14th century who supported the Southern Court in the Nanboku-cho period, serving as advisor to five Emperors. Som…
Kitabatake Chikafusa (born 1293)
The Battle of Mello was the decisive and largest engagement of the Peasant Jacquerie of 1358, a rebellion of peasants in the Beauvais region of France, a major upheaval in this reg…
Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility
Ashikaga Takauji also known as Minamoto no Takauji was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the…
Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (born 1305)
Margareta Ebner was a German professed religious from the Dominican Nuns. Beginning in 1311, Ebner experienced a series of spiritual visions in which Jesus Christ gave her messages…
Margareta Ebner, German nun and mystic (born 1291)
Francesco II Ordelaffi, also known as Cecco II, was a lord of Forlì, the son of Sinibaldo Ordelaffi and Orestina Calboli, and the grandson of Teobaldo I Ordelaffi.
Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
Antonio Correr was a Roman Catholic cardinal who was appointed cardinal by his uncle Pope Gregory XII during the period of the Great Western Schism.
Antonio Correr, Italian cardinal (died 1445)
Erik Magnusson, sometimes known as Erik XII, was a Swedish prince who was formally elected King of Sweden in 1344. He held no real power before 1356, when he led a rebellion agains…
Erik Magnusson, king of Sweden (born 1339)
The Battle of Mello was the decisive and largest engagement of the Peasant Jacquerie of 1358, a rebellion of peasants in the Beauvais region of France, a major upheaval in this reg…
Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility
Ashikaga Takauji also known as Minamoto no Takauji was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the…
Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shōgun (born 1305)
The Battle of Crotoy was a naval battle which occurred on 25 June 1347 at the mouth of the Somme off the Le Crotoy, when a French fleet of 40 ships gathered in attempted to relieve…
The English defeat a French fleet which aimed to bring relief to the besieged Calais in the battle of Crotoy
Charles IV was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378. He was elected King of Germany in 1346 and became King of Bohemia that same year. He was a member of the House …
Emperor Charles IV assists in laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague.
Afonso IV, called the Brave, was King of Portugal from 1325 until his death in 1357. He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon.
Afonso IV of Portugal (born 1291)
Bartolus de Saxoferrato was an Italian law professor and one of the most prominent continental jurists of Medieval Roman Law. He belonged to the school known as the commentators or…
Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian academic and jurist (born 1313)
Martin the Humane, also called the Elder and the Ecclesiastic, was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409. He …
Martin the Elder, king of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca (died 1410)
Margaret II of Avesnes was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland from 1345 to 1356. She was Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Germany by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV…
Margaret II, Holy Roman Empress (born 1311)
Marino Faliero was the 55th Doge of Venice from 11 September 1354 to 15 April 1355, 2 days before his execution for attempting a coup d'etat.
Marin Falier, Doge of Venice (born 1285)
Eleanor of Woodstock was an English princess and the duchess of Guelders and countess of Zutphen by marriage to Reginald II of Guelders. She was regent as the guardian of their min…
Eleanor of Woodstock, countess regent of Guelders, eldest daughter of King Edward II of England (born 1318)
Kitabatake Chikafusa was a Japanese court noble and writer of the 14th century who supported the Southern Court in the Nanboku-cho period, serving as advisor to five Emperors. Som…
Kitabatake Chikafusa (born 1293)
Vladimir Andreyevich the Bold was the most famous prince of Serpukhov. His moniker alludes to his many military exploits in the wars waged by his cousin, Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow. …
Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (died 1410)
Simeon Ivanovich, also known as Semyon Ivanovich, nicknamed the Proud, was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1340 to 1353.
Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
Rupert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 and King of the Romans from 1400 until his death.
Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (died 1410)
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman, was a sultan of the Marinid dynasty who reigned in parts of what is now Morocco between 1331 and 1348. In 1333 he captured Gibraltar from the Castilian…
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (born 1297)
Margareta Ebner was a German professed religious from the Dominican Nuns. Beginning in 1311, Ebner experienced a series of spiritual visions in which Jesus Christ gave her messages…
Margareta Ebner, German nun and mystic (born 1291)
Manuel II Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425. Shortly before his death he was tonsured a monk and received the name Matthaios (Ματθαίος). Manuel was…
Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1425)