Editing 1352 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[War of the Straits]] &ndash; The [[Battle of the Bosporus]] is fought in a stormy sea into the night between the Genoese, Venetian, Aragonese, and Byzantine fleets.<ref>{{cite book | last = Musarra | first = Antonio | title = Il Grifo e il Leone: Genova e Venezia in lotta per il Mediterraneo | year = 2020 | publisher = Editori Laterza | location = Bari and Rome | isbn = 978-88-581-4072-7 | language = Italian | pages=235–236 }}</ref>
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Canton of Glarus|Glarus]] joins the [[Old Swiss Confederacy]].
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Canton of Zug|Zug]] joins the Old Swiss Confederacy.
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Kōgon]] becomes 4th Emperor of the [[Northern Court]] of Japan.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, pp. 302</ref>
* [[October]] &ndash; [[Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357]] &ndash; [[Battle of Demotika]]: Fighting as allies of [[John VI Kantakouzenos]], the [[Ottoman beylik]] scores its first victory on European soil, against the [[Serbian Empire|Serbs]].
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi College]] is founded as a College of the [[University of Cambridge]] in England, by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]].<ref>University of Cambridge (6 March 2019). "Notice by the Editor". Cambridge University Reporter. 149 (Special No 5): 1. Retrieved 20 March 2019.</ref>
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VI]] succeeds [[Pope Clement VI]] as the 199th pope.
* [[December 26]] &ndash; The [[Earl of Kent|Earldom of Kent]] of the 5th creation in England becomes extinct.

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)]] is probably granted control of [[Çimpe Castle]] on the [[Gallipoli]] peninsula by Emperor [[John VI Kantakouzenos]], the first territory west of the [[Bosporus]] held by the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>Nicolle, David; Hook, Adam. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=C9UVaLyo4UEC&pg=PA8 Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.'' Osprey Publishing, 2010. Accessed 3 Sept 2011.</ref></onlyinclude>
* The [[Bengal Sultanate]] is formed after the realms of [[Satgaon]], [[Gauḍa (city)|Lakhnauti]] and [[Sonargaon]] are united under [[Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah]].
* Coming from Hungary, the noble Vlach [[Dragoş]] becomes the first [[voivode]] of [[Moldova]], being seen as the founder of this principality (some scholars place this moment as early as [[1345]]).
* Following the death of his father [[Basarab I of Wallachia|Basarab]], [[Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia|Nicholas Alexander]] becomes voivode of [[Wallachia]], after being co-ruler for about eight years.
* The town of [[Biel/Bienne]], Switzerland, finalizes its alliance with the city of [[Bern]].
* [[Lionel of Antwerp]] marries Elizabeth, daughter of [[William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster]].
* [[Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham]] becomes a Companion of the [[Order of the Garter|Most Noble Order of the Garter]] of England.
* The [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]]; the Metropolitan of Halych begins to relocate back to [[Kyiv]], after having moved to [[Halych]] in [[1299]]. Thereafter, the Metropolitan will hold the title of Metropolitan of Kiev-Halych and All Rus.
* After years of begging and being a [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk, the penniless [[China|Chinese]] peasant [[Zhu Yuanzhang]] joins the [[Red Turban Rebellions]] against the Mongol-led [[Yuan dynasty]] of China; he will later become the first emperor of the [[Ming dynasty]].<ref>Bowman, John Stewart, ed. (2000). Columbia chronologies of Asian history and culture. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 39. ISBN 978-0231500043. OCLC 51542679.</ref>
* [[:File:Tommaso da modena, ritratti di domenicani (Ugo di Provenza) 1352 150cm, treviso, ex convento di san niccolò, sala del capitolo.jpg|Earliest surviving illustration of someone wearing spectacles]], a fresco in the chapter house of the Dominican convent of San Nicolò, [[Treviso]] by [[Tommaso da Modena]] (anachronistically{{dubious|date=September 2022|reason=There are reports a monk in northern Italy was making and giving away glasses about the time of Hugh of Siant-Cher about 50 years before the painting}}) depicting [[Hugh of Saint-Cher]].
* Moroccan traveller [[Ibn Battuta]] reports the existence of the [[Xalam|ngoni]] and [[balafon]] musical instruments, at the court of [[Mansa Musa]].