1374

Events

April 23 - In recognition of his services, Edward III of England grants the English writer Geoffrey Chaucer a gallon of wine a day, for the rest of his life.
June 24 - The illness dancing mania begins in Aix-la-Chapelle, possibly due to ergotism.
October 27 - King Gongmin of Goryeo is assassinated and succeeded by U of Goryeo on the throne of Goryeo.
November 25 - James of Baux succeeds his uncle, Philip II, as Prince of Taranto and titular ruler of the Latin Empire.

Rao Biram Dev succeeds Rao Kanhadev as ruler of Marwar.
Shaikh Hasan Jalayir succeeds his father, Shaykh Uways Jalayir, as ruler of the Jalayirid Sultanate in modern-day Iraq and western Iran. Hasan proves to be an unpopular ruler and is executed on October 9 and succeeded by his brother, Shaikh Hussain Jalayir.
Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire.
Robert de Juilly succeeds Raymond Berenger as Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
Princes from the Kingdom of Granada choose Abu al-Abbas Ahmad to succeed Muhammad as-Said, as Sultan of the Marinid Empire in Morocco. The Empire is split into the Kingdom of Fez and the Kingdom of Marrakesh.
A form of the Great Plague returns to Europe.
The Château de Compiègne royal residence is built in France.