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Year 1357 (MCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• February 3 – The Estates General in France meets and passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.
• April 28 – Erik Magnusson is recognized as king of most of Sweden, in opposition to his father, King Magnus.
• May 28 – Peter I becomes King of Portugal, after the death of his father, Alfonso IV.
• July 9 – Construction formally begins, on Charles Bridge in Prague.
• July 22 – On the death of Jani Beg, he is succeeded as Khan of the Blue Horde by his son Berdi Beg who orders the death of at least 12 of his close kinsmen to secure his position.
• October 3 – The Treaty of Berwick ends the Second War of Scottish Independence and King David II of Scotland is released by the English in return for a ransom.

Date unknown

• The Blue Horde unseats Ghazan II as the ruler of the Il-Khanate, and appoints their own governor.
• Battle of Bubat: The Sundanese royal family is massacred by the Majapahit Army on the orders of Gajah Mada; the death toll includes Sundanese King Lingga Buana and Princess Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi, who commits suicide.
• Rao Kanhadev becomes Rathore ruler of Marwar (part of modern-day India).
• Influenza is first identified as a disease.
• The first public exhibition of the Shroud of Turin is recorded.
• The Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Famous Wat Yai) Temple is constructed in Phitsanulok, Thailand.

Births

• April 11 – King John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
• date unknown
  • Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (d. 1417)
  • Hugo von Montfort, Austrian minstrel (d. 1423)
  • Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia (d. 1406)
  • Fang Xiaoru, Confucian scholar (d. 1402)
  • Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism (d. 1419)

Deaths

• January 18 – Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313)
• May 28 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)
• July 13 – Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian jurist (b. 1313)
• date unknown
  • Usman Serajuddin, court scholar of the Bengal Sultanate (b. 1258)
  • Ziauddin Barani, historian and political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate (b. 1285)
  • Jani Beg, Khan of the Blue Horde
  • Kazerouni, Masoud, Persian physician
  • Rao Tida, Rathore ruler of Marwar

References

1. Michelet, Jules; Smith, G. H. (1845). History of France: from the earliest period to the present time. Vol. 1. D. Appleton & Co. p. 442.
2. Schybergson, Magnus Gottfrid (1903). Finlands historia (in Swedish). Vol. 2. G. W. Edlund. p. 90.
3. "Oporto to Photoengraving". Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 21. Scholastic Library Publishing. 2004. p. 803. ISBN 978-0-7172-0138-9.
4. Burton, Richard (2003). Prague: a cultural and literary history. Signal Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-902669-63-2.
5. Perrie, Maureen; Lieven, D. C. B.; Suny, Ronald Grigor (2006). The Cambridge History of Russia: From early Rus' to 1689. Cambridge University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-521-81227-6.
6. Brown, Keith M. (2004). Tanner, Roland (ed.). Parliament and politics in Scotland, 1235–1560. Edinburgh University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7486-1485-1.
7. Bunce, Frederick W. (2006). Royal palaces, residences, and pavilions of India. D.K. Printworld. p. 303. ISBN 978-81-246-0356-7.
8. Raoult, Didier; Drancourt, Michel (2008). Paleomicrobiology: past human infections. Springer. p. 200. ISBN 978-3-540-75854-9.
9. The Remarkable Metrological History of Radiocarbon Dating. Vol. 2. DIANE Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4223-1857-7.
10. Eliot, Joshua; Bickersteth, Jane (2003). Thailand handbook (2nd ed.). Footprint Travel Guides. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-903471-54-8.
11. "John I | king of Portugal". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
12. "Afonso IV | king of Portugal". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
13. Abdul Karim (2012). "Shaikh Akhi Sirajuddin Usman (R)". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved December 19, 2024.

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