Decade · 1370 – 1379
The world in the 1370s
From 1370 to 1379 the atlas holds 485 states standing at some time. 36 things began - Timurid Empire, House of Stuart and Qara Qoyunlu among them - and 15 ended; 66 people were born and 38 died, 3 of all these dated only to the decade.
Its years
The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.
What began in the 1370s
By kind, the best known first.
States 15
- Timurid Empire · state · 1370 – 1507
- House of Stuart · state · 1371
- Qara Qoyunlu · state · 1375 – 1468
- Aq Qoyunlu · state · 1378 – 1508
- Kingdom of Bosnia · state · 1377 – 1463
- Timurid dynasty · state · 1370
- Free City of Frankfurt · state · 1372 – 1866
- Kathiri Sultanate · state · 1379 – 1967
and 7 more in the atlas.
Wars and battles 16
- Battle of Maritsa · battle · 1371
- Battle of La Rochelle · battle · 1372
- War of Chioggia · war · 1378 – 1381
- Ciompi Revolt · battle · 1378
- Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379 · war · 1373 – 1379
- War of the Eight Saints · war · 1375 – 1378
- Fall of Philadelphia · battle · 1378 – 1390
- Battle of Rudau · battle · 1370
and 8 more in the atlas.
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Tuchin revolt · unrest · 1378 – 1384
Treaties 4
- Treaty of Stralsund · treaty · 1370
- Treaty of Neuberg · treaty · 1379
- Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 · treaty · 1373
- Treaty of Lyubutsk · treaty · 1372
What ended in the 1370s
States 9
- Srivijaya · state · 650 – 1377
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · state · 1080 – 1375
- Serbian Empire · state · 1346 – 1371
- Kingdom of Arles · state · 933 – 1378
- Banate of Bosnia · state · 1136 – 1377
- Kanem Empire · state · 700 – 1376
- Sican culture · state · 700 – 1375
- Ming Xia · state · 1363 – 1371
and 1 more in the atlas.
Wars and battles 6
- War of the Two Pedros · war · 1356 – 1375
- Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379 · war · 1373 – 1379
- War of the Eight Saints · war · 1375 – 1378
- Lithuanian–Muscovite War · war · 1368 – 1372
- Danish–Hanseatic War · war · 1361 – 1370
- First War of the Guelderian Succession · war · 1371 – 1379
Born and died
Born 66
- Zheng He · explorer · 1371 – 1435
- Pope Callixtus III · religious leader · 1379 – 1458
- Jadwiga of Poland · ruler · 1370 – 1399
- John the Fearless · ruler · 1371 – 1419
- John VII Palaiologos · ruler · 1370 – 1408
- Leonardo Bruni · philosopher · 1370 – 1444
- Mary, Queen of Hungary · monarch · 1371 – 1395
- Vasily I of Moscow · politician · 1372 – 1425
- Jianwen Emperor · ruler · 1377 – 1402
- Henry III of Castile · politician · 1379 – 1407
- Olaf II of Denmark · monarch · 1370 – 1387
- Shah Rukh · military leader · 1377 – 1447
- Stefan Lazarević · person · 1377 – 1427
- Hongxi Emperor · ruler · 1378 – 1425
- Louis I, Duke of Orléans · military personnel · 1372 – 1407
- Beatrice of Portugal · monarch · 1373 – 1409
and 50 more in the atlas.
Died 38
- Ibn Battuta · explorer · 1304 – 1378
- Petrarch · philosopher · 1304 – 1374
- Giovanni Boccaccio · diplomat · 1313 – 1375
- Edward III · monarch · 1312 – 1377
- Charles IV · monarch · 1316 – 1378
- Pope Urban V · religious leader · 1310 – 1370
- Edward the Black Prince · politician · 1330 – 1376
- Casimir III the Great · politician · 1310 – 1370
- David II of Scotland · monarch · 1324 – 1371
- Ibn Kathir · writer · 1302 – 1373
- Toghon Temür · astronomer · 1320 – 1370
- Henry II of Castile · ruler · 1334 – 1379
- Algirdas · ruler · 1296 – 1377
- Valdemar IV of Denmark · monarch · 1320 – 1375
- Magnus Eriksson · politician · 1316 – 1374
- Stefan Uroš V · ruler · 1337 – 1371
and 22 more in the atlas.
States of the 1370s
The states that stood at some time in the 1370s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1370.
Europe271 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Albert, King of Sweden, Monarch of Sweden since 1364
- Denmark · 800 – present · Valdemar IV of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1340
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Gaston III of Foix, French co-prince of Andorra since 1343 and Berenguer de Eril, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1370
- Monaco · 1297 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806 · Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor since 1355
- Nizhny Novgorod · 1294 – 1394
and 263 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa68 states
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Murad I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1362
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor since 1341
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Timurid Empire · 1370 – 1507 · Timur, Amir since 1370
- Mamluk Sultanate · 1250 – 1517 · Al-Ashraf Sha'ban, Sultan of Egypt since 1363
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Newaya Krestos, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1344
- Empire of Trebizond · 1204 – 1461 · Alexios III of Trebizond, emperor of Trebizond since 1349
- Emirate of Granada · 1238 – 1492
and 60 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa11 states
- Mali Empire · 1235 – 1670
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897 · Ohen, Oba of Benin since 1334
- Ajuran Sultanate · 1201 – 1700
- Sultanate of Ifat · 1285 – 1415
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Pate Island · 1300 – 1895
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Warsangali Sultanate · 1218 – 1886
and 3 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia57 states
- Kathmandu · 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate · 1206 – 1526
- Vijayanagara Empire · 1336 – 1646 · Bukka, head of state since 1356
- Chagatai Khanate · 1225 – 1687
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Bahmani Kingdom · 1347 – 1527 · Mohammed Shah I, sultan since 1358
- Tughlaq dynasty · 1320 – 1413
- Moghulistan · 1347 – 1570 · Qamar-ud-din Khan Dughlat, Khan of Moghulistan since 1368
and 49 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia45 states
- Brunei · 1368 – present
- Ming dynasty · 1368 – 1644 · Hongwu Emperor, Emperor of China since 1368
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Majapahit · 1293 – 1527 · Hayam Wuruk, 1st Maharaja of Majapahit since 1350
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Po Binasuor, king since 1360
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392 · Gongmin of Goryeo, wang since 1351
- Ayutthaya Kingdom · 1350 – 1767
and 37 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania16 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Tenochtitlan · 1325 – 1521 · Tezozomoc, tlatoani since 1367
- Aztec Empire · 1325 – 1521 · Tezozomoc, tlatoani since 1367
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Norse settlement of North America · 1072 – 1384
- Purépecha Empire · 1300 – 1530 · Tariácuri, Irecha since 1350
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Kingdom of Cusco · 1197 – 1438 · Inca Roca, Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco since 1350
and 8 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown17 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598
- Burgraviate of Nuremberg · 1105 – 1486
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- House of Ögedei · 1200 – 1400
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe · 1220 – 1450
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
- Savoyard state · 1003 – 1861
and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1350 – 1399: every state, war and life of the 1370s, region by region.
- On the map in 1375: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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