1357

Template:Use mdy dates Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:C14 year in topicYear 1357 (MCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• February 3 – The Estates General in France meets and passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• April 28 – Erik Magnusson is recognized as king of most of Sweden, in opposition to his father, King Magnus.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• May 28 – Peter I becomes King of Portugal, after the death of his father, Alfonso IV.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• July 9 – Construction formally begins on Charles Bridge in Prague.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• July 22 – On the death of Jani Beg, he is succeeded as Khan of the Blue Horde by his son Berdi Beg<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> who orders the death of at least 12 of his close kinsmen to secure his position.
• October 3 – The Treaty of Berwick ends the Second War of Scottish Independence and King David II of Scotland is released by the English in return for a ransom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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• The Blue Horde unseats Ghazan II as the ruler of the Il-Khanate, and appoints their own governor.
• Battle of Bubat: The Sundanese royal family is massacred by the Majapahit Army on the orders of Gajah Mada; the death toll includes Sundanese King Lingga Buana and Princess Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi, who commits suicide.
• Rao Kanhadev becomes Rathore ruler of Marwar (part of modern-day India).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Influenza is first identified as a disease.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The first public exhibition of the Shroud of Turin is recorded.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Famous Wat Yai) Temple is constructed in Phitsanulok, Thailand.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Births

• April 11 – King John I of Portugal (d. 1433)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (d. 1417)
  • Hugo von Montfort, Austrian minstrel (d. 1423)
  • Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia (d. 1406)
  • Fang Xiaoru, Confucian scholar (d. 1402)
  • Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism (d. 1419)

Deaths

• January 18 – Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313)
• May 28 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• July 13 – Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian jurist (b. 1313)
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  • Usman Serajuddin, court scholar of the Bengal Sultanate (b. 1258)<ref>Template:Cite Banglapedia</ref>
  • Ziauddin Barani, historian and political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate (b. 1285)
  • Jani Beg, Khan of the Blue Horde
  • Kazerouni, Masoud, Persian physician
  • Rao Tida, Rathore ruler of Marwar