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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1377''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCLXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January]] &ndash; Battle of Đồ Bàn: [[Trần Duệ Tông]], [[List of emperors of the Trần dynasty|Trần dynasty]] [[List of monarchs of Vietnam|Emperor of Đại Việt]] ([[Vietnam]]), is killed.
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XI]] moves the Papacy back from [[Avignon]] to [[Rome]]. 
* [[January 27]] &ndash; The [[Bad Parliament]] begins sitting in England. Influenced by [[John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster]], it undoes the work done by the [[Good Parliament]], the previous year, to reduce corruption in the Royal Council. It also introduces a [[poll tax]].
* [[February]] &ndash; The Pope's representative in northern Italy, Robert of Geneva (the future [[antipope Clement VII]]), pillages [[Cesena]], and 4,000 antipapal rebels are massacred.
* [[March 2]] &ndash; The [[Bad Parliament]] dissolves; the first [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons of England]] is appointed. 
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Trần Phế Đế]] succeeds his late father as ruler of Vietnam.
* [[May]] 
** Continuous riots in Rome induce Pope Gregory XI to move temporarily back to [[Avignon]].
** [[Władysław II Jagiełło]] succeeds his father, [[Algirdas]], as [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Grand Duke of Lithuania]]. Jagiello removes his uncle, [[Kęstutis]], as co-ruler.
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XI]] issues five [[Papal bull|Bulls]] condemning the opinion of [[John Wycliffe]], that Catholic priests should live in poverty, like the twelve disciples of [[Jesus]].
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[Richard II of England|Richard II]], the 10-year-old grandson of [[Edward III of England|Edward III]], is crowned king of England. A minority government is established, and a series of continual councils rule on his behalf until [[1381]].
* [[July 27]] &ndash; Fourteen-year-old [[Maria, Queen of Sicily|Maria of Sicily]] succeeds her father, [[Frederick the Simple]].
* [[August]] &ndash; The [[Hongwu Emperor]] of the [[Ming dynasty]] of China scraps the Office of Reports Inspection (established in [[1370]]) for a new Office of Transmission, in his efforts to create a more efficient communicatory system in the empire. A month before this he noted that anyone could send [[memorials to the throne]]; commoners often did, although the only times their petitions were read aloud to the emperor were when they called for the [[impeachment]] of local officials who were not up to par with their official duties.
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Battle on Pyana River]]: The Russians are defeated, while their commander drowns in the river.
* [[October 13]] &ndash; Richard II of England's first parliament meets. 
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Tvrtko I of Bosnia]] is crowned.

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* [[Sayf ad-Din Barquq]] leads a revolt against the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] Sultan of [[Egypt]], Alah-ad-Din Ali.
* A rebellion against the [[Majapahit Empire]] is quashed in [[Sumatra]].
* Informed that [[Urus Khan|Khan Urus]] of the [[White Horde]] has died, [[Timur]] of the [[Timurid Empire]] sends [[Tokhtamysh]] to take the Horde throne, but is defeated by Urus' son, [[Timur-Malik|Timur Malik]].
* [[Radu I of Wallachia|Radu I]] succeeds [[Vladislav I of Wallachia|Vladislav I]] as [[Prince of Wallachia]] (modern-day southern [[Romania]]).
* [[Harihara II]] succeeds [[Bukka Raya I]], as ruler of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] (in modern-day southern India).
* King [[U of Goryeo]] adopts the [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] calendar and begs to be invested by the [[Hongwu Emperor]].
* The [[Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge]] is completed in Lombardy, and becomes the longest single-[[arch bridge]] in the world to be built for four centuries.
* A sermon by a German monk states "the game of [[card game|card]]s has come to us this year", and prohibitions against cards are issued by Prince [[John I of Castile|John of Castile]], and the cities of [[Florence]] and [[Basel]].</onlyinclude>

=== Ongoing ===
* The [[Caroline War]] 1369-1389.

== Births ==
* [[February 15]] &ndash; King [[Ladislaus of Naples]] (d. [[1414]])
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Komatsu]] of Japan (d. [[1433]])
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Shah Rukh|Shahrukh Mirza]], ruler of Persia and Transoxiania (d. [[1447]])
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Albert IV, Duke of Austria]] (d. [[1404]])
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Jianwen Emperor]] of China (d. [[1402]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Louis II of Anjou]] (d. [[1417]])
** [[Filippo Brunelleschi]], Italian architect (d. [[1446]])
** [[Anglesia Visconti]], queen consort of Cyprus  (d. [[1439]])
** [[Ernest, Duke of Austria]] (d. [[1424]])
** [[Oswald von Wolkenstein]], Austrian poet (d. [[1445]])
** [[Stefan Lazarević]], [[Despotes|Despot]] of [[Serbian Despotate|Serbia]] (d. [[1427]])
** [[Đurađ Branković]], [[Despotes|Despot]] of [[Serbian Despotate|Serbia]] (d. [[1456]])
** [[Guru Ravidas]], (d. [[1528]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Simple]], King of Sicily (b. [[1341]])
* [[March 16]] or [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Marie de St Pol]], Countess of Pembroke and Foundress of Pembroke College, Cambridge (b. c.[[1303]])
* April &ndash; [[Guillaume de Machaut]], French poet and composer (b. {{Circa|1300}})
* [[April 23]] or [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden|Richardis of Schwerin]], queen consort of Sweden (b. [[1347]])
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Algirdas]], Grand Prince of Lithuania
* [[June 21]] &ndash; King [[Edward III of England]] (b. [[1312]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Seward|first1=Desmond|title=The Hundred Years War : the English in France, 1337-1453|date=2003|publisher=Robinson|location=London|isbn=978-1-84119-678-7|page=116|edition=Rev.}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Ibn Battuta]], Moroccan explorer (b. [[1304]])
** [[Vladislav I of Wallachia|Vladislav I]], [[Prince of Wallachia]]

== References ==
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