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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1372''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLXXII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[Bridget of Sweden|Saint Bridget]] sets out on a [[pilgrimage]] to the [[Holy Land]]. Staying in Cyprus until May 12. In August, she is in [[Bethlehem]] where she sees a vision of Jesus' birth. In September, she sets sail for [[Naples]], where she arrives in December.<ref>Fr. Paolo O. Pirlo, SHMI (1997). "St. Bridget". My First Book of Saints. Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate – Quality Catholic Publications. pp. 158–159. ISBN 971-91595-4-5.</ref>
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Owain Lawgoch]] makes a second attempt to take the throne of [[Wales]], sailing with French support from [[Harfleur]]. Whilst attacking the island of [[Guernsey]], he abandons the invasion in order to fight for France at [[La Rochelle]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of La Rochelle]]: The [[France|French]] and the [[Crown of Castile|Castilians]] defeat the [[Kingdom of England|English]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sherborne |first=J. W. |date=1969 |title=The Battle of La Rochelle and the War at Sea, 1372-5 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1969.tb02322.x |journal=Historical Research |language=en |volume=42 |issue=105 |pages=17–29 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2281.1969.tb02322.x |issn=1468-2281|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The French gain control of the [[English Channel]] for the first time since [[1340]].
* [[July 10]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Tagilde]] is signed between [[Ferdinand I of Portugal]] and representatives of [[John of Gaunt]] of England, marking the beginning of the [[Anglo-Portuguese Alliance]], which remains in effect into the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benham |first1=Jenny |title=The Treaty of Tagilde |url=https://www.bhsportugal.org/library/articles/the-treaty-of-tagilde |access-date=31 May 2022 |website=British Historical Society of Portugal}}</ref>
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Trần Duệ Tông]] succeeds his brother [[Trần Nghệ Tông]] as King of [[Vietnam]].

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* Encounter of [[Sintra]]: Twenty [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] knights rout four hundred Castilian infantrymen of the country.
* Peace is declared between the [[Kingdom of Sicily]] and the [[Kingdom of Naples]].
* The Kingdom of [[Chūzan]] (in modern-day southern [[Japan]]) enters [[Tribute|tributary relations]] with [[Ming dynasty]] [[China]].
* Four-year-old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as [[Marinids|Marinid]] [[List of rulers of Morocco|Sultan of Morocco]].
* [[Newaya Maryam]] succeeds his father, [[Newaya Krestos]], as ruler of [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]].
* The city of [[Aachen]], Germany, begins adding a [[Roman numeral]] [[Anno Domini]] date to a few of its [[coin]]s, the first city in the world to do so.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani]], Islamic scholar (d. [[1449]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Noegel, Scott B. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/863824465 |title=The A to Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism. |date=2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |others=Wheeler, Brannon M. |isbn=978-1-4617-1895-6 |location=Lanham |oclc=863824465 |access-date=2020-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615092830/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/863824465 |archive-date=2020-06-15 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans]], son of King [[Charles V of France]] (d. [[1407]])
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey]] (d. [[1400]])
* October &ndash; [[John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke]] (d. [[1389]])
* ''approximate date''
** [[Helena Dragaš]], empress consort of Byzantium (d. [[1450]])
** [[Olivera Lazarević|Olivera]], daughter of [[Lazar of Serbia]] and wife of [[Bayezid I]]

== Deaths ==
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Lancaster]], English noblewoman (b. [[1318]])
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[John II, Marquess of Montferrat]] (b. [[1321]])
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden]]
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania]] (b. [[1348]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford]], English soldier (b. [[1301]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Bagrat I of Imereti]], King of Georgia
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Newaya Krestos]], Emperor of Ethiopia

== References ==
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