1361

1361 (MCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1361st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 361st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 14th century, and the 2nd year of the 1360s decade. As of the start of 1361, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1330s  1340s  1350s  – 1360s –  1370s  1380s  1390s
Years:	1358 1359 1360 – 1361 – 1362 1363 1364

1361 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1361 MCCCLXI
Ab urbe condita	2114
Armenian calendar	810 ԹՎ ՊԺ
Assyrian calendar	6111
Balinese saka calendar	1282–1283
Bengali calendar	768
Berber calendar	2311
English Regnal year	34 Edw. 3 – 35 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1905
Burmese calendar	723
Byzantine calendar	6869–6870
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4057 or 3997     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4058 or 3998
Coptic calendar	1077–1078
Discordian calendar	2527
Ethiopian calendar	1353–1354
Hebrew calendar	5121–5122
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1417–1418
- Shaka Samvat	1282–1283
- Kali Yuga	4461–4462
Holocene calendar	11361
Igbo calendar	361–362
Iranian calendar	739–740
Islamic calendar	762–763
Japanese calendar	Enbun 6 / Kōan 1 (康安元年)
Javanese calendar	1274–1275
Julian calendar	1361 MCCCLXI
Korean calendar	3694
Minguo calendar	551 before ROC 民前551年
Nanakshahi calendar	−107
Thai solar calendar	1903–1904
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Rat) 1487 or 1106 or 334     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 1488 or 1107 or 335

Events

• Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy.
• The Hungarian capital is moved from Esztergom to Buda.
• In the Marinid Empire in present-day Morocco, Abu Salim Ibrahim is overthrown by Abu Umar. Abu Umar is then later in the year overthrown by Abu Zayyan.
• State of anarchy within the Blue Horde. Between 1361 and 1378, over 20 khans succeed each other in different parts of the Blue Horde's territory.
• Edward, the Black Prince, marries Joan, the 'Fair Maid of Kent'.

Births

• February 26 – Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (died 1419)
• John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle (died 1396)

Deaths

• March 24 – Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, English soldier and diplomat
• June 9 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (born 1291)
• June 15 – Johannes Tauler, German mystic theologian
• November 21 – Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (born 1346 – age 15)
• Giovanni (plague), son of Francesco Petrarch
• Richard Badew, Chancellor of Cambridge University
• John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de Somerset, Warden of the Cinque Ports
• Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (born 1295)
• Jan z Melsztyna, Polish nobleman