1369
Year 1369 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- February - Vladislav I of Wallachia liberates Vidin from the Hungarians, resulting in the restoration of Ivan Sratsimir on the throne of Bulgaria, in the autumn.
- March 14 - Battle of Montiel: Pedro of Castile loses to an alliance between the French and his half-brother, Henry II.
- May - King Charles V of France renounces the Treaty of Brétigny, and war is declared between France and England.
- September - Hundred Years' War: The French burn Portsmouth, England; the English raid Picardy and Normandy.
- November 30 - Hundred Years' War: Charles V of France recaptures most of Aquitaine from the English.
- December - Financed by Charles V of France, Welshman Owain Lawgoch launches an invasion fleet against the English, in an attempt to claim the throne of Wales. A storm causes Owain to abandon the invasion.
Dates unknown
- The Ottoman Empire invades Bulgaria.
- Venice repels a Hungarian invasion.
- The Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom conquers Cambodia for a second time.
- Charles V of France orders Hugues Aubriot to construct the fortress of the Bastille in Paris.
- Timur names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.
- Košice becomes the first town in Europe to be granted its own coat of arms.
- The Hongwu Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty issues a decree ordering every country magistrate in the empire to open a Confucian school of learning.
- The official production of Jingdezhen porcelain in Ming dynasty China is on record.
Births
- May 28th - Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero
- date unknown - William [de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros], Lord Treasurer of England
- probable - King Constantine I of Georgia
- approximate - Jan Hus, Czech priest and philosopher
- approximate - Margareta, Swedish Sami missionary
Deaths
- January 17 - King Peter I of Cyprus
- March 23 - King Peter of Castile
- August 15 - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England
- October 3 - Margaret, Countess of Tyrol
- November 13 - Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
- date unknown
- * Sir John Chandos, English knight
- * Agnes Dunbar, Countess of Moray
- * Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- * Ramathibodi I, first king of Ayutthaya