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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1320s 1330s 1340s - 1350s - 1360s 1370s 1380s |
| Years: | 1356 1357 1358 - 1359 - 1360 1361 1362 |
| 1359 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1359 MCCCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2112 |
| Armenian calendar | 808 ԹՎ ՊԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -485 – -484 |
| Berber calendar | 2309 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1903 |
| Burmese calendar | 721 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6867 – 6868 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十二月初二日 (3995/4055-12-2) — to —
己亥年十二月十一日(3996/4056-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 1075 – 1076 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1351 – 1352 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5119 – 5120 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1414 – 1415 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1281 – 1282 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4460 – 4461 |
| Holocene calendar | 11359 |
| Iranian calendar | 737 – 738 |
| Islamic calendar | 760 – 761 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3692 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1902 |
Year 1359 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1359
- July 4 - Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
- Murad I (1359-1389) succeeds Orhan I (1326-1359) as sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
- Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
- Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband, Louis of Bavaria, are absolved from excommunication.
- The Second Treaty of London is signed between England and France.
- May 25 - The French States-General rejects the Second Treaty of London.
- Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as Said as ruler of the Merinid Dynasty in present-day Morocco.
- Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova) after freeing it from Hungarian control.
- The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture Algeria.
- Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe in Persia.
- Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde after the death of Berdi Beg.
- Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as King of Grenada (in present-day Spain).
Births
- January 11 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)
- July 15 - Antonio Correr, cardinal (d. 1445)
- probable - Owain Glyndŵr, last Welsh Prince of Wales (d. 1416)
Deaths
- June 21 - King Eric XII of Sweden (b. 1339)
- October 10 - King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1310)
- October 25 - Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (b. 1293)
- November 13 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Moscovy (b. 1326)
- November 14 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296)
- date unknown - Orhan, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
