1359
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1359 (MCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1359th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 359th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 14th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1350s decade. As of the start of 1359, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389)
- Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
- Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband Louis of Bavaria are absolved from excommunication.
- Second Treaty of London signed between England and France, but rejected by the French States-General on May 25.
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