1374
Year 1374 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- 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.
Date unknown
- 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.