1351

Events

January–December

• January 14 – Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act 1351, defining treason in English law. It remains unrepealed into the 21st century.
• February – Enactments by the Parliament of England:
  • The Statute of Labourers deals with a labour shortage caused by the Black Death.
  • Statute of Provisors prevents the Pope from appointing clergy to English benefices.
• March 4 – The Ayutthaya Kingdom is established by King Uthong (Ramathibodi I) in modern-day Thailand. He begins to propagate Theravada Buddhism as the state religion.
• March 23 – Firuz Shah Tughlaq succeeds Mohammad Tughlaq as ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. At this time, the Samma dynasty in Sindh (part of modern-day Pakistan) breaks away from the Sultanate.
• March 26 – War of the Breton Succession: Combat of the Thirty – Thirty chosen knights each, from the Kingdoms of France and England, fight to determine who will rule the Duchy of Brittany; a Franco-Breton victory is assured by the squire Guillaume de Montauban.
• April 1 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Saintes. – The French are defeated by the English.
• April 8 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Taillebourg. – The French are defeated by the English.
• May 1 – Zürich joins the Old Swiss Confederacy.
• November 26 – Emperor Sukō abdicates as 3rd Emperor of the Northern Court of Japan.

Date unknown

• The Red Turban Rebellions break out in China, leading to permanent weakening of the Mongolian-run Yuan dynasty.
• King Gongmin ascends the throne in Goryeo.
• The region of Vantaa in Finland is first mentioned (as Helsinge).

Births

• October 16 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (d. 1402)
• November 1 – Leopold III, Duke of Austria (d. 1386)
• Princess Joan of France (d. 1371)
• probable – Władysław II Jagiełło, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (d. 1434)

Deaths

• February 13 – Kō no Morofuyu, Japanese general
• March 20 – Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi
• March 25
  • Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai
  • Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai
• May 24 – Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Sultan of Morocco (b. 1297)
• June 20 – Margareta Ebner, German nun (b. 1291)
• November 15 – Joanna of Pfirt, duchess consort of Austria

References

References

1. Blackstone, William; Stewart, James (1839). The Rights of Persons, According to the Text of Blackstone: Incorporating the Alterations Down to the Present Time. p. 77.
2. The Treason Act 1351 legislation.gov.uk.
3. (1992). "The Chronology of British History". Century Ltd.
4. Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk (11 May 2017). A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World (Kindle ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 43.
5. Wagner, John A. (2006). "Saintes, Battle of (1351)". Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Greenwood. ISBN 978-0313327360. p. 275.
6. Rickard, J.. (2000-10-03). "Battle of Taillebourg, 8 April 1351".