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== Events == <onlyinclude> === January–December === *[[February 18]] – The [[Battle of Rudau]] is fought between [[the Teutonic Knights]] and the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] near Rudau village, north of Königsberg (now Melnikovo village in the [[Kaliningrad oblast]]). According to the Teutonic chronicler Wigand of Marburg and the Livonian chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, the Lithuanians suffer a great defeat.<ref>Rowell, S. C. (1994). Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Cambridge University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-521-45011-9.</ref> * [[April 9]] – [[Timur]] becomes first [[Amir]] of the [[Timurid Empire]], following the [[Siege of Balkh (1370)|Siege of Balkh]] which establishes his rule over the [[Chagatai Khanate]], completing his conquest of [[Central Asia]] and parts of [[Persia]].<ref>Marozzi, Justin (2004). Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, conqueror of the world. HarperCollins.</ref> * [[May 24]] – The [[Treaty of Stralsund (1370)|Treaty of Stralsund]] ends the war between [[Denmark]] and the [[Hanseatic League]]. * [[September 19]] – [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Siege of Limoges]] – The [[Kingdom of England|English]] led by [[Edward the Black Prince]] retake the city from the [[Kingdom of France|French]]<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/168|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/168 168–169]}}</ref> by storm with wide destruction, effectively ending the [[Limoges enamel]] industry. * [[October 20]] – [[Philip II, Prince of Taranto|Philip]] of [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]], [[Latin Empire|Titular Emperor of Constantinople]], marries as his second wife [[Elizabeth of Slavonia]] (daughter of Stephen of Anjou and Margaret of Bavaria). * [[November 5]] – [[Casimir III the Great]], king of [[Poland]], dies as the result of a hunting accident, and is succeeded jointly by his sister, [[Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary|Elizabeth of Kujavia]], and her son, [[Louis I of Hungary]], beginning the rule of the country by the [[Capet-Anjou]] family. * [[November 15]] – [[Trần Nghệ Tông]] deposes [[Dương Nhật Lễ]] as emperor of [[Đại Việt]], modern-day [[Vietnam]]. * [[December 4]] – Hundred Years' War: [[Battle of Pontvallain]] – A French army under [[Bertrand du Guesclin]] heavily defeats an English force in surprise attacks in northwest France. * [[December 20]] – [[Pope Gregory XI]] succeeds [[Pope Urban V]], as the 201st [[pope]]. === Date unknown === * For the second time since [[1368]], the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]] attacks [[Tver]], which again counter-attacks, with the aid of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] and the [[Blue Horde]]. * Khun Luang Pa-Ngua, ruler of Suphanburi, marches and usurps the throne of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]]. * The city of [[Xi'an]] in [[Ming dynasty]] China is given a new defensive city wall. * [[Hugues Aubriot]] begins construction of the fortress of the [[Bastille]] in [[Paris]]. * The steel [[crossbow]] is first used as a weapon of war.</onlyinclude>
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