1359
Year 1359 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- May 25 - The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France.
- June 21 - Upon the death of Erik Magnusson, his claims to the Swedish throne die with him, and power is restored undivided to his father, King Magnus. With this unexpected death of Erik Magnusson, a previous promise to give Helsingborg to Denmark was reneged on by Magnus IV Eriksson. But Valdemar IV Atterdag was far too ambitious a ruler to have his plan to reassemble the Danish kingdom fall into pieces, and so he proceeded to invade Scania the next year with his mercenary army.
- July 4 - Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander, Gil de Albornoz.
- August - Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde after the death of Berdi Beg.
- August 23 - Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as Sultan of Granada.
- September - Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, and her second husband, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, are absolved from excommunication.
- December 19 - The Catalan Courts are held in Cervera, giving birth to the Deputation of the General of Catalonia, also called Generalitat of Catalonia.
Date unknown
- Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as-Said as ruler of the Marinid dynasty, in modern-day Morocco.
- The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture Kingdom of Tlemcen in Algeria.
- Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe in Persia.
- Ananda Patel moves to Bhadran from Anklav.
- Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
- probable date - Battle of Megara: A Christian coalition defeats a Turkish raider fleet.
- earliest possible date - Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia after freeing it from Hungarian control. He will be ancestor of the House of Bogdan, who will rule Moldavia for more than three centuries.