1376
year
Year 1376 (MCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
January 23 – In the Holy Roman Empire, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and Elector of Saxony, marries Cecilia da Carrara, daughter of Francesco I da Carrara, Lord of Padua.
January – In what is now Myanmar Ma Sein of Toungoo, the Viceroy of Taungoo who had been appointed by the King of Binnya U of Hanthawaddy to replace the assassinated Viceroy Pyanchi, is murdered near Pyay while trying to forment a rebellion against the Kingdom of Ava.
February 12 – English mercenary John Hawkwood, condottiero for Pope Gregory XI in the War of the Eight Saints against the Republic of Florence, arrives at Faenza to suppress a potential revolt against the papal governor. He and his soldiers, who were not paid by the Pope, go on to loot the town instead of protecting it.
February 19 – Jan III becomes the new Duke of Oświęcim in Poland upon the death of his father, Jan II of Oświęcim.
February 26 – The Böse Fasnacht, a riot in the Swiss city of Basel, breaks out during a tournament at a carnival and numerous people are killed, including several of the soldiers of the Duke of Austria, Leopold III. The city council arrests and executes 12 perpetrators, but Duke Leopold proceeds with placing the city under stricter control.
March 12 – The Treaty of Bruges, signed on June 27, 1375 between England and France to end hostilities in the Hundred Years' War for a year, is extended by agreement to June 24, 1377.
March 31 – Pope Gregory XI excommunicates all members of the government of the Republic of Florence, and places the city under an interdict.
April–June
April 28 – The Good Parliament, so called because its members attempt to reform the corrupt Royal Council, begins in England .
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