1359 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389)
• Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
• Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband Louis of Bavaria are absolved from excommunication.

Births

• October 12 - Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovia and Prince of Vladimir (d. 1389)
• Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
• Philippa of Lancaster, consort queen of Portugal
• Owain Glyndwr, last Welsh Prince of Wales

Deaths

• November 14 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296)