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Year 1357 (MCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- February 3 – The Estates General in France meets and passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.[1]
- April 28 – Erik Magnusson is recognized as king of most of Sweden, in opposition to his father, King Magnus.[2]
- May 28 – Peter I becomes King of Portugal, after the death of his father, Alfonso IV.[3]
- July 9 – Construction formally begins on Charles Bridge in Prague.[4]
- July 22 – On the death of Jani Beg, he is succeeded as Khan of the Blue Horde by his son Berdi Beg[5] who orders the death of at least 12 of his close kinsmen to secure his position.
- October 3 – The Treaty of Berwick ends the Second War of Scottish Independence and King David II of Scotland is released by the English in return for a ransom.[6]
Date unknown
- The Blue Horde unseats Ghazan II as the ruler of the Il-Khanate, and appoints their own governor.
- Battle of Bubat: The Sundanese royal family is massacred by the Majapahit Army on the orders of Gajah Mada; the death toll includes Sundanese King Lingga Buana and Princess Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi, who commits suicide.
- Rao Kanhadev becomes Rathore ruler of Marwar (part of modern-day India).[7]
- Influenza is first identified as a disease.[8]
- The first public exhibition of the Shroud of Turin is recorded.[9]
- The Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Famous Wat Yai) Temple is constructed in Phitsanulok, Thailand.[10]
Births
- April 11 – King John I of Portugal (d. 1433)[11]
- date unknown
- Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (d. 1417)
- Hugo von Montfort, Austrian minstrel (d. 1423)
- Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia (d. 1406)
- Fang Xiaoru, Confucian scholar (d. 1402)
- Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism (d. 1419)
Deaths
- January 18 – Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313)
- May 28 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)[12]
- July 13 – Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian jurist (b. 1313)
- date unknown
- Usman Serajuddin, court scholar of the Bengal Sultanate (b. 1258)[13]
- Ziauddin Barani, historian and political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate (b. 1285)
- Jani Beg, Khan of the Blue Horde
- Kazerouni, Masoud, Persian physician
- Rao Tida, Rathore ruler of Marwar
References
- ^ Michelet, Jules; Smith, G. H. (1845). History of France: from the earliest period to the present time. Vol. 1. D. Appleton & Co. p. 442.
- ^ Schybergson, Magnus Gottfrid (1903). Finlands historia (in Swedish). Vol. 2. G. W. Edlund. p. 90.
- ^ "Oporto to Photoengraving". Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 21. Scholastic Library Publishing. 2004. p. 803. ISBN 978-0-7172-0138-9.
- ^ Burton, Richard (2003). Prague: a cultural and literary history. Signal Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-902669-63-2.
- ^ Perrie, Maureen; Lieven, D. C. B.; Suny, Ronald Grigor (2006). The Cambridge History of Russia: From early Rus' to 1689. Cambridge University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-521-81227-6.
- ^ Brown, Keith M. (2004). Tanner, Roland (ed.). Parliament and politics in Scotland, 1235–1560. Edinburgh University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7486-1485-1.
- ^ Bunce, Frederick W. (2006). Royal palaces, residences, and pavilions of India. D.K. Printworld. p. 303. ISBN 978-81-246-0356-7.
- ^ Raoult, Didier; Drancourt, Michel (2008). Paleomicrobiology: past human infections. Springer. p. 200. ISBN 978-3-540-75854-9.
- ^ The Remarkable Metrological History of Radiocarbon Dating. Vol. 2. DIANE Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4223-1857-7.
- ^ Eliot, Joshua; Bickersteth, Jane (2003). Thailand handbook (2nd ed.). Footprint Travel Guides. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-903471-54-8.
- ^ "John I | king of Portugal". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Afonso IV | king of Portugal". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Abdul Karim (2012). "Shaikh Akhi Sirajuddin Usman (R)". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved February 10, 2025.