1372
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1340s 1350s 1360s - 1370s - 1380s 1390s 1400s |
| Years: | 1369 1370 1371 - 1372 - 1373 1374 1375 |
| 1372 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1372 MCCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2125 |
| Armenian calendar | 821 ԹՎ ՊԻԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -472 – -471 |
| Berber calendar | 2322 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1916 |
| Burmese calendar | 734 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6880 – 6881 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年十一月廿五日 (4008/4068-11-25) — to —
壬子年十二月初六日(4009/4069-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 1088 – 1089 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1364 – 1365 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5132 – 5133 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1427 – 1428 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1294 – 1295 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4473 – 4474 |
| Holocene calendar | 11372 |
| Iranian calendar | 750 – 751 |
| Islamic calendar | 773 – 774 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3705 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1915 |
Year 1372 (MCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1372
- May – Owain Lawgoch makes a second attempt to take the throne of Wales. Whilst attacking the island of Guernsey, Owain abandons the invasion in order to fight for France at La Rochelle.
- June 22 – Battle of La Rochelle: The French & the Castilians defeat the English. The French gain control of the English Channel for the first time since 1340.
- The city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins, the first city in the world to do so.
- Four-year-old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as Marinid Sultan of Morocco.
- Newaya Maryam succeeds his father, Newaya Krestos, as ruler of Ethiopia.
- Peace is declared between the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples.
- The Kingdom of Chūzan (now in southern Japan) enters tributary relations with Ming Dynasty China.
[edit] Births
- February 18 – Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Islamic scholar (d. 1448)
- March 13 – Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, son of king Charles V of France (d. 1407)
- October – John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (d. 1389)
- December 9 – Princess Beatrice of Portugal, future Queen of Portugal and Queen-consort of Castile (d. 1410)
[edit] Deaths
- January 11 – Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (b. 1318)
- March 21 – Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden
- August 24 – Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1348)
- August 31 – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
- date unknown – Bagrat I of Imereti, King of Georgia
