1355 - Definition and Overview

Events

• January 7 - Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro - Pedro revolts and incites a civil war
• April - Philip of Anjou marries Mary of Naples, daughter of Charles of Valois, duke of Calabria, and Mary of Valois
• Scots defeat English at Nesbit

Births

• 7 January - Thomas of Woodstock (son of King Edward III of England)

Deaths

• Inês de Castro (murdered), lover of king Peter I of Portugal