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| Gregorian calendar | 1372 MCCCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2125 |
| Armenian calendar | 821 ԹՎ ՊԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6122 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1293–1294 |
| Bengali calendar | 779 |
| Berber calendar | 2322 |
| English Regnal year | 45 Edw. 3 – 46 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1916 |
| Burmese calendar | 734 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6880–6881 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4069 or 3862 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 4070 or 3863 |
| Coptic calendar | 1088–1089 |
| Discordian calendar | 2538 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1364–1365 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5132–5133 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1428–1429 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1293–1294 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4472–4473 |
| Holocene calendar | 11372 |
| Igbo calendar | 372–373 |
| Iranian calendar | 750–751 |
| Islamic calendar | 773–774 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōan 5 (応安５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1285–1286 |
| Julian calendar | 1372 MCCCLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3705 |
| Minguo calendar | 540 before ROC 民前540年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −96 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1914–1915 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1498 or 1117 or 345 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1499 or 1118 or 346 |
Year 1372 (MCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- March 12 – Saint Bridget sets out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Staying in Cyprus until May 12. In August, she is in Bethlehem where she sees a vision of Jesus' birth. In September, she sets sail for Naples, where she arrives in December.[1]
- May – Owain Lawgoch makes a second attempt to take the throne of Wales, sailing with French support from Harfleur. Whilst attacking the island of Guernsey, he abandons the invasion in order to fight for France at La Rochelle.
- June 22 – Battle of La Rochelle: The French and the Castilians defeat the English.[2] The French gain control of the English Channel for the first time since 1340.
- July 10 – The Treaty of Tagilde is signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect into the 21st century.[3]
- November 9 – Trần Duệ Tông succeeds his brother Trần Nghệ Tông as King of Vietnam.
Date unknown
[edit]- Encounter of Sintra: Twenty Portuguese knights rout four hundred Castilian infantrymen of the country.
- Peace is declared between the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples.
- The Kingdom of Chūzan (in modern-day southern Japan) enters tributary relations with Ming dynasty China.
- Four-year-old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as Marinid Sultan of Morocco.
- Newaya Maryam succeeds his father, Newaya Krestos, as ruler of Ethiopia.
- The city of Aachen, Germany, begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins, the first city in the world to do so.
Births
[edit]- February 18 – Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Islamic scholar (d. 1449)[4]
- March 13 – Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, son of King Charles V of France (d. 1407)
- September 8 – Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey (d. 1400)
- October – John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (d. 1389)
- approximate date
- Helena Dragaš, empress consort of Byzantium (d. 1450)
- Olivera, daughter of Lazar of Serbia and wife of Bayezid I
Deaths
[edit]- January 11 – Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (b. 1318)
- March 19 – John II, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1321)
- March 21 – Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden
- August 24 – Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1348)
- August 31 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
- date unknown – Bagrat I of Imereti, King of Georgia
- date unknown – Newaya Krestos, Emperor of Ethiopia
References
[edit]- ^ Fr. Paolo O. Pirlo, SHMI (1997). "St. Bridget". My First Book of Saints. Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate – Quality Catholic Publications. pp. 158–159. ISBN 971-91595-4-5.
- ^ Sherborne, J. W. (1969). "The Battle of La Rochelle and the War at Sea, 1372-5". Historical Research. 42 (105): 17–29. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.1969.tb02322.x. ISSN 1468-2281.
- ^ Benham, Jenny. "The Treaty of Tagilde". British Historical Society of Portugal. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ^ Noegel, Scott B. (2010). The A to Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism. Wheeler, Brannon M. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-1895-6. OCLC 863824465. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.