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Year '''1359''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[May 25]] &ndash; The [[Estates General (France)|French States-General]] repudiates the terms of the [[Second Treaty of London]], signed earlier in the year between [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of France|France]].<ref>name="Tout1905">{{cite book|title=The Political History of England, Volume 3|year=1905|page=395|last=Tout|first=T. F.|publisher=Longmans, Green And Co.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oz0fAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA395}}</ref> 
* [[June 21]] &ndash; Upon the death of [[Eric XII of Sweden|Erik Magnusson]], his claims to the [[Sweden|Swedish]] throne die with him, and power is restored undivided to his father, King [[Magnus IV of Sweden|Magnus]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=15403 |title= Erik Magnusson|website=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date= June 19, 2023}}</ref> With this unexpected death of [[Eric XII of Sweden|Erik Magnusson]], a previous promise to give [[Helsingborg]] to Denmark was reneged on by [[Magnus IV Eriksson]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url   =http://worldtimeline.info/sweden/swed1300.htm|title=Chronology of Sweden|publisher = worldtimeline.info |access-date=August 1, 2018}}</ref> But [[Valdemar IV Atterdag]] was far too ambitious a ruler to have his plan to reassemble the Danish kingdom fall into pieces, and so he proceeded to invade Scania the next year with his mercenary army.<ref name="auto"/>
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Francesco II Ordelaffi]] surrenders to the Papal commander, [[Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz|Gil de Albornoz]].<ref>Rendina, Claudio (1994). I capitani di ventura. Rome: Newton Compton.</ref>
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Qulpa]] becomes Khan of the [[Blue Horde]] after the death of [[Berdi Beg]].
* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[Ismail II of Granada|Ismail II]] overthrows his uncle, [[Muhammad V of Granada|Muhammed V]], as Sultan of [[Granada]] (in modern-day [[Spain]]).
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Margaret, Countess of Tyrol]], and her second husband, [[Louis V, Duke of Bavaria]], are absolved from [[excommunication]].
* [[December 19]] &ndash; The [[Catalan Courts]] are held in [[Cervera]], giving birth to the Deputation of the General of Catalonia (''Diputació del General de Catalunya''), also called [[Generalitat of Catalonia]] (''Generalitat de Catalunya'').<ref>Adam J. Kosto (3 May 2001). Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000-1200. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79239-4. Retrieved 19 June 2021.</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as-Said as ruler of the [[Marinid dynasty]], in modern-day [[Morocco]].
* The [[Zayyanid dynasty|Zayanids]] under [[abu Hammu II|Abu Hamuw II]] recapture [[Kingdom of Tlemcen]] in [[Algeria]].
* Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the [[Muzaffarids of Iran|Muzaffarid]] tribe in Persia.
* Ananda Patel (considered common ancestor for most of the modern-day population of Bhadran) moves to [[Bhadran, Gujarat|Bhadran]] from [[Anklav]]. 
* [[Berlin]] joins the [[Hanseatic League]].
* ''probable date'' &ndash; [[Battle of Megara (1359)|Battle of Megara]]: A Christian coalition defeats a Turkish raider fleet.<ref>Luttrell, Anthony (1975). "The Hospitallers at Rhodes, 1306–1421". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 278–313. ISBN 0-299-06670-3.</ref><ref>Topping, Peter (1975). "The Morea, 1311–1364". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume III: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 104–140. ISBN 0-299-06670-3.</ref>
* ''earliest possible date'' &ndash; [[Bogdan I of Moldavia|Bogdan I]] becomes Prince of [[Moldavia]] (modern-day Moldova) after freeing it from [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian]] control. He will be ancestor of the [[House of Bogdan]], who will rule [[Moldavia]] for more than three centuries.<ref>{{cite book|last=Georgescu|first=Vlad|author-link=Vlad Georgescu|year=1991|title=The Romanians: A History|url=https://archive.org/details/romanianshistory0000geor|url-access=registration|publisher=Ohio State University Press|isbn=0-8142-0511-9|page=18}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-En'yū]] of Japan (d. [[1393]])
* [[May 19]] - [[Francesco Novello da Carrara]], Italian lord (d. [[1406]])
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Antonio Correr (cardinal)|Antonio Correr]], Spanish cardinal (d. [[1445]])
* ''date unknown'' 
** ''probable'' &ndash; [[Owain Glyndŵr]], last Welsh [[Prince of Wales]] (d. [[1416]])
** [[Ashikaga Ujimitsu]], Japanese warrior, (d. [[1398]])
** [[Ibn al-Majdi]], Egyptian astronomer (d. [[1447]])
** [[Intharacha (king of Ayutthaya)|Intharacha]], Thai king, (d. [[1424]])
** [[James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond|James Butler]], Irish nobleman (d. [[1405]])
** [[John III, Count of Armagnac]], French count (d. [[1391]])
** [[John V, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg|John V]], German nobleman (d. [[1437]])
** [[John Dinham (1359–1428)|John Dinham]], English knight (d [[1428]])
** [[Niccolò da Uzzano]], Italian politician, (d. [[1431]])
** [[Sheikh Bedreddin]], Ottoman mystic and revolutionary (d. [[1420]])
** [[Wang Zhong (Ming dynasty)|Wang Zhong]], Chinese maqruis (d. [[1409]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Eric XII of Sweden|Erik Magnusson]], king of Sweden since [[1356]] (b. [[1339]])
* [[October 10]] &ndash; King [[Hugh IV of Cyprus]] (b. [[1310]])
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Beatrice of Castile (1293–1359)|Beatrice of Castile]], queen consort of Portugal (b. [[1293]])
* [[November 13]] &ndash; [[Ivan II of Russia]], Grand Duke of Moscovy (b. [[1326]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivan II {{!}} Russian prince |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Cangrande II della Scala]], Lord of Verona (b. [[1332]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Jeanne de Clisson]], French noblewoman and privateer (b. [[1300]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Axelrod |first1=Alan |title=Mercenaries: A Guide to Private Armies and Private Military Companies |date=2013 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=9781483364674 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lX9ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT174|language=en}}</ref>

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