1364

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1364 (MCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1364th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 364th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 14th century, and the 5th year of the 1360s decade. As of the start of 1364, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Charles V becomes King of France.
• May 12 – Foundation of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
• September 29 – The Breton War of Succession ends with the victory of the House of Montfort at the battle of Auray.
• Philip of Anjou becomes Titular Emperor of Costantinoples and Prince of Taranto.
• Rana Kshetra Singh succeeds Rana Hamir Singh as ruler of Mewar (now part of western India).
• Anavema Reddy succeeds Anavota Reddy as ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (now part of southern India).
• The Ava Dynasty establish rule in present-day northern Burma.

Births

• November 30 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (died 1390)
• Gyaltsab Je, first throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (died 1432)
• Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1431)
• Niccolò de' Niccoli, Italian humanist (died 1437)
• Qazi Zadeh, Persian mathematician (died 1436)
• Christine de Pizan (died 1430)

Deaths

• April 8 – King John II of France (born 1319)
• June 30 – Arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (b. 1297)
• August 5 – Emperor Kogon of Japan (born 1313)
• September 29 – Charles, Duke of Brittany
• Gajah Mada, prime minister of the Majapahit empire
• King Valdemar III of Denmark (born 1314)
• Rana Hamir Singh, ruler of Mewar
• Anavota Reddy, ruler of the Reddy Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh