1371
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Year 1371 (MCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
January 5 – Six days after his election to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Pierre Roger de Beaufort is crowned as Pope Gregory XI. The coronation is performed by the protodeacon Rinaldo Orsini at the Avignon Cathedral.
January 8 – King Edward II summons the members of the House of Lords and House of Commons to assemble at Westminster for a one-month session of the English Parliament.
January – Edward the Black Prince, gives up the administration of Aquitaine and returns to England, because of his poor health and heavy debts.
February 1 – War of the Lüneburg Succession: In what is now the state of Lower Saxony in north Germany, after the Duke of Brunswick, Magnus Torquatus, attempts to claim his inheritance to rule of the Principality of Lüneburg, residents of the town of Lüneburg destroy the ducal castle that had been owned by the late Prince Wilhelm, and Brunswick relocates his residence to the town of Celle.
February 17 – Rival brothers Ivan Sratsimir and Ivan Shishman become co-Emperors of Bulgaria after the death of their father, Ivan Alexander. Bulgaria is weakened by the split.
February 22 – Robert II becomes the first Stuart king of Scotland, after the death of his uncle, King David II, prompting a rebellion by the Earl of Douglas.
February 24 – The English Parliament opens its session at Westminster.
March 26 – The coronation of Robert II as King of Scotland takes place at Scone Abbey.
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