- 1372
Year 1372 was a
leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1372
*May -
Owain Lawgoch makes a second attempt to take the throne ofWales . Whilst attacking the island ofGuernsey , Owain abandons the invasion in order to fight for France atLa Rochelle .
*June 22 -Battle of La Rochelle : The French & the Castilians defeat the English. The French gain control of theEnglish Channel for the first time since1340 .
* The city ofAachen ,Germany begins adding aRoman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of itscoins , the first city in the world to do so.
* Four-year-old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as Marinid Sultan of Morocco.
*Newaya Maryam succeeds his father,Newaya Krestos , as ruler ofEthiopia .
* Peace is declared between theKingdom of Sicily and theKingdom of Naples .
* The Kingdom ofChūzan (now in southernJapan ) enters tributary relations withMing Dynasty China .Births
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February 18 -Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , Islamic scholar (d.1448 )
*March 13 -Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans , son of kingCharles V of France (d.1407 )
*October -John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (d.1389 )
*December 9 - PrincessBeatrice of Portugal , future Queen of Portugal and Queen-consort of Castile (d.1410 )Deaths
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January 11 -Eleanor of Lancaster , English noblewoman (b.1318 )
*March 21 -Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden
*August 24 -Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (b.1348 )
*August 31 -Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford , English soldier (b.1301 )
*"date unknown" -Bagrat I of Imereti , King of Georgia
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