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Year 1366 (MCCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

October 12 - Frederick III of Sicily forbids decorations on synagogues.

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Thomas Fraser obtains lands in Aberdeenshire, upon which he starts the building of a towerhouse that will later be known as Muchalls Castle.

Henry II deposes his half-brother, Pedro of Castile, to become King of Castile.

Muhammed V builds the Granada Hospital in Granada (in present-day Spain).

War continues between the Hindu Vijayanagar Empire and the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate in present-day southern India. Tens of thousands of civilians are massacred by each side.

Dmitri Donskoi, ruler of Moscow & Vladimir, makes peace with Dmitri Konstantinovich, former ruler of Vladimir.

Abu Faris Abdul Aziz succeeds assassinated Abu Zayyan as Sultan of the Marinid Empire in Morocco.

The Stella Artois brewery is founded in the Low Countries.

The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed in Ireland.

Zhu Yuanzhang, leader of the Red Turban Rebellion that will overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and establish the Ming Dynasty 2 years later, begins building the walls for a new capital city at Nanjing.