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Year 1357 (MCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • April 28 – Erik Magnusson is recognized as king of most of Sweden, in opposition to his father, king Magnus.
  • May 28 – Peter I becomes King of Portugal after the death of his father, Alfonso IV.
  • July 9 – Charles Bridge in Prague is founded.

    • Date unknown

  • King David II of Scotland is released by the English in return for a ransom.
  • Berdibek succeeds Jani Beg as Khan of the Blue Horde.
  • Sikandar I becomes Sultan of Bengal.
  • Rao Kanhadev becomes Rathore ruler of Marwar (now part of India).
  • Influenza is first identified as a disease.
  • The first public exhibition of the Shroud of Turin is recorded.
  • The Blue Horde unseat Ghazan II as the ruler of the Il-Khanate and appoint their own governor.
  • The Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahathat (Famous Wat Yai) Temple is constructed in Phitsanulok, Thailand.
  • In France, the States-General passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.

    • Births

  • April 11 – King John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
  • date unknown
  • Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (d. 1417)
  • Hugo von Montfort, minstrel (d. 1423)
  • Fang Xiaoru, Confucian scholar (d. 1402)
  • Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism (d. 1419)

    • Deaths

  • January 18 – Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313)
  • May 28 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)
  • July 13 – Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian jurist (b. 1313)
  • date unknown
  • Ziauddin Barani, historian and political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate (b. 1285)
  • Jani Beg, Khan of the Blue Horde
  • Kazerouni, Masoud, Persian physician
  • Rao Tida, Rathore ruler of Marwar

    • References

    1357 Wikipedia
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