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Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; ... Year 1356 was a leap year ... The Fourteenth Century 1307–1399. Oxford History of England. Vol. 5. Oxford ...
1356. 20 January – Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England. [3] 19 September – Hundred Years' War: at the Battle of Poitiers, the English, commanded by the Black Prince, defeat the French and capture King John II of France in the process. [3] 1357
The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19 September 1356 between a French army commanded by King John II and an Anglo-Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince, during the Hundred Years' War. It took place in western France, 5 miles (8 km) south of Poitiers , when approximately 14,000 to 16,000 French attacked a strong defensive position held ...
Events from the year 1356 in China. Incumbents Yuan ... Gascoigne, Bamber (2003), The Dynasties of China: A History, New York: Carroll & Graf, ...
1356. 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) 1357. January 18 – Maria of Portugal ...
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The 1356 Basel earthquake is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history [1] and had a moment magnitude in the range of 6.0–7.1. [2] This earthquake, which occurred on 18 October 1356, is also known as the Sankt-Lukas-Tag Erdbeben [ 3 ] (English: Saint Luke's Day Earthquake), as 18 October ...
From man's discovery of fire to the deployment of the world's most powerful weapon, here's a look at 14 events that changed military history. Man discovers fire. Wikipedia.