1362

1362 (MCCCLXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1362nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 362nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 14th century, and the 3rd year of the 1360s decade. As of the start of 1362, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1362 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1362 MCCCLXII
Ab urbe condita	2115
Armenian calendar	811 ԹՎ ՊԺԱ
Assyrian calendar	6112
Balinese saka calendar	1283–1284
Bengali calendar	769
Berber calendar	2312
English Regnal year	35 Edw. 3 – 36 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1906
Burmese calendar	724
Byzantine calendar	6870–6871
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4058 or 3998     — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4059 or 3999
Coptic calendar	1078–1079
Discordian calendar	2528
Ethiopian calendar	1354–1355
Hebrew calendar	5122–5123
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1418–1419
- Shaka Samvat	1283–1284
- Kali Yuga	4462–4463
Holocene calendar	11362
Igbo calendar	362–363
Iranian calendar	740–741
Islamic calendar	763–764
Japanese calendar	Kōan 2 / Jōji 1 (貞治元年)
Javanese calendar	1275–1276
Julian calendar	1362 MCCCLXII
Korean calendar	3695
Minguo calendar	550 before ROC 民前550年
Nanakshahi calendar	−106
Thai solar calendar	1904–1905
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 1488 or 1107 or 335     — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Water-Tiger) 1489 or 1108 or 336

Events

• First Foundation of the Venerable English College
• January 16 – The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes Holland, England, Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland, Germany.
• Under Edward III, English replaces French as England's national language, for the first time following the Norman Conquest of 1066.
• September 28 – Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI as the 200th pope.
• Louis I of Hungary defeats and captures Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria; he conquers northern Bulgaria, extending his control over the Balkans.
• The Ottomans capture Philippopolis and Adrianopole (now the city of Edirne) from the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire is reduced to the city of Constantinople.
• Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg.
• Shahabuddin succeeds his brother, Alauddin Ali Sher, as Sultan of Kashmir.
• Constantine VI succeeds his cousin, Constantine V, as King of Armenia.
• Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas crushed the Tatars at the Blue Waters of the Southern Bug in 1362.

Births

• Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (died 1435)
• Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (died 1425)

Deaths

• April 6 – James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
• April 10 – Maud, Countess of Leicester(b. 1339)
• July 22 – Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (born 1324)
• September 12 – Pope Innocent VI
• Constantine V of Armenia
• Louis of Taranto (born 1320)