1365

Year 1365 (MCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Year 1365 Overview

The year 1365 (MCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Throughout the year, several significant events took place:

March 3 – The Battle of Gataskogen: Albert of Mecklenburg defeats and captures Magnus Eriksson, securing the throne of Sweden.
March 12 – The University of Vienna is founded.
June 2 – The Hungarian occupation of Vidin begins with the capture of the city by forces of Louis I of Hungary, resulting in the imprisonment of Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria.
October – During the Alexandrian Crusade, the city of Alexandria in Egypt is sacked by an allied force of Peter I of Cyprus and the knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
November 30 – The completion of the Nagarakretagama, a Javanese eulogy chronicling the journey of the Majapahit king, Hayam Wuruk, through his kingdom, by Mpu Prapanca.

Date Unknown – Adrianopole (modern-day Edirne) becomes the capital city of the Ottoman Sultanate.
Date Unknown – In modern-day southern India, Bahmani Sultan Mohammed Shah I invades the Vijayanagara Empire.
Date Unknown – The Sukhothai Kingdom in northern Thailand becomes a tributary state of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
Date Unknown – Muhammed V begins the construction of the Maristan of Granada (a hospital) in Granada, modern-day Spain.
Date Unknown – The Chagatai Khanate defeats Timur in the Battle of Tashkent.

January 27 – Edward of Angoulême, French-born royal prince of England (d. 1370)
July 25 – U of Goryeo, Korean king (d. 1389)
Date Unknown – Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī, Baghdadi Sufi author (d. 1424)
Approximate Date – Violant of Bar, queen regent of Aragon (d. 1431)

March 8 – Princess Noguk of the Yuan dynasty and queen consort of Goryeo
May 17 – Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)
July 27 – Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339)
December 8 – Nicholas II, Duke of Opava (b. 1288)
Date Unknown – Zhu Derun, Chinese painter and poet (b. 1294)