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Year 1363 (MCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • April 9 – Haakon VI of Norway marries Margaret I of Denmark.
  • August 30–October 4 – the Battle of Lake Poyang is fought between the Dahan rebel forces of Chen Youliang and the Red Turban Rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang on Lake Poyang, during the final decade of Yuan Dynasty control over China. Zhu's naval forces of 200,000 are pitted against Chen's naval forces of 650,000 troops in what is not only the largest naval battle of the medieval age, but also one of the largest naval battles in history.

    • Date unknown

  • Magnus IV, King of Sweden, is deposed by Albert of Mecklenburg.
  • Philip the Bold becomes duke of Burgundy.
  • The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is completed in Cairo, Egypt.
  • Al-Afdal al-Abbas succeeds Al-Mujahid Ali as Rasulid Sultan of Yemen.
  • The Byzantine Empire wins a naval battle over the Ottoman Empire near Megara, Greece.
  • Bosnian nobles revolt against the occupying Serbs.
  • An uprising occurs against the Venetian rulers in Crete.
  • Dmitri Donskoi, ruler of Moscow, dethrones Dmitri Konstantinovich as ruler of Vladimir.

    • Births

  • July 2 – Maria of Sicily, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)
  • December 13 – Jean Gerson, chancellor of the University of Paris (d. 1429)
  • date unknown
  • King U of Goryeo (d. 1389)
  • Thomas Langley, cardinal bishop of Durham and lord chancellor of England
  • probable – Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (d. 1443)

    • Deaths

  • January 13 – Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol
  • March 3 – Simone Boccanegra, first doge of Genoa (approximate date)
  • August 23 – Chen Youliang, founder of the Dahan regime (b. 1320)
  • October 7 – Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde (b. 1304)
  • date unknown
  • Adil-Sultan, khan of the Chagatai Khanate
  • Blanka of Namur, queen consort of Sweden (b. 1320)
  • Jean Buridan, French philosopher (b. 1295)
  • probable – Ranulf Higdon, English chronicler (b. c. 1299)

    • References

    1363 Wikipedia
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