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| Years: 1352 1353 1354 - 1355 - 1356 1357 1358 | |
| Decades: 1320s 1330s 1340s - 1350s - 1360s 1370s 1380s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
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Events
- January 7 - Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro - Pedro revolts and incites a civil war.
- February 10 - The St. Scholastica's Day riot broke out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
- April - Philip of Anjou marries Mary of Naples, daughter of Charles of Valois, duke of Calabria, and Mary of Valois.
- April 5 - Charles IV crowned emperor in Rome.
- April 18 - In Venice, the Council of Ten beheads Doge Marin Falier for conspiring to kill them.
- A small Scottish and French force invade Northumberland, loot the city of Berwick-upon-Tweed and defeat a small English force in a skirmish at Nisbet, Berwickshire.
Births
- January 7 - Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III of England (died 1397)
- August 16 - Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster
- Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine humanist (died 1415)
- Konrad von Jungingen, 25th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Deaths
- April 18 - Doge Marin Falier, Italian ruler (executed)
- August 3 - Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh
- December 5 - John III, Duke of Brabant (born 1300)
- Inês de Castro, lover of King Peter I of Portugal (murdered)
- Stefan Dusan, King of Serbia
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