1356
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Year 1356 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1356

• January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders his title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England.
• September 19 - Battle of Poitiers: The English, commanded by the Black Prince, defeat the French in the Hundred Years' War, capturing the King John II of France in the process.
• October 18 - The Basel earthquake destroys the city of Basel in Switzerland.
• December 25 - Emperor Charles IV promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution for the Holy Roman Empire.
• The city of Lwów is granted Magdeburg rights by Casimir III of Poland.
• The majority of the Great Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan to build fortresses and mosques in the nearby city of Cairo, leaving the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.
• Burnt Candlemas: Edward III of England burns down every town and village in Lothian, Scotland.
• The Hanseatic League, a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe, is officially founded.
• Ghazan II replaces Anusirvan as ruler of the Il-Khanate in Persia.
• Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the leaders in the Red Turban Rebellion, captures the city of Nanjing from the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty in China; from then on it becomes his base of power and the capital of a new dynasty he will establish in 1368, the Ming Dynasty.

Births

• date unknown
  • Pope Boniface IX (d. 1404)
  • Martin I of Aragon (d. 1410)

Deaths

• June 23 - Margaret II, Countess of Hainault (b. 1311)
• September 19 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
  • Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
  • Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (b. 1304)
• date unknown
  • Harihara I, founder of the Vijayanagara empire
  • Zheng Yunduan, Chinese poet (b. c.1327)