1355
year
1355 (MCCCLV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1355th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 355th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 14th century, and the 6th year of the 1350s decade. As of the start of 1355, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1320s 1330s 1340s – 1350s – 1360s 1370s 1380s |
| Years: | 1352 1353 1354 – 1355 – 1356 1357 1358 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1355 MCCCLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2108 |
| Armenian calendar | 804 ԹՎ ՊԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6105 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1276–1277 |
| Bengali calendar | 762 |
| Berber calendar | 2305 |
| English Regnal year | 28 Edw. 3 – 29 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1899 |
| Burmese calendar | 717 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6863–6864 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4051 or 3991 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4052 or 3992 |
| Coptic calendar | 1071–1072 |
| Discordian calendar | 2521 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1347–1348 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5115–5116 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1411–1412 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1276–1277 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4455–4456 |
| Holocene calendar | 11355 |
| Igbo calendar | 355–356 |
| Iranian calendar | 733–734 |
| Islamic calendar | 755–756 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunna 4 (文和４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1267–1268 |
| Julian calendar | 1355 MCCCLV |
| Korean calendar | 3688 |
| Minguo calendar | 557 before ROC 民前557年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −113 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1897–1898 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1481 or 1100 or 328 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1482 or 1101 or 329 |
Events
change- 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.
- February 10 – The St. Scholastica's Day riot broke out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
- April – Philip of Anjou marries Mary of Naples, daughter of Charles of Valois, duke of Calabria, and Mary of Valois.
- April 5 – Charles IV crowned emperor in Rome.
- April 18 – In Venice, the Council of Ten beheads Doge Marin Falier for conspiring to kill them.
- September 1 – Tvrtko I writes in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from old town Visoki.
- A small Scottish and French force invade Northumberland, loot the city of Berwick-upon-Tweed and defeat a small English force in a skirmish at Nisbet, Berwickshire.
Births
change- January 7 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III of England (died 1397)
- August 16 – Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster
- Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine humanist (died 1415)
- Konrad von Jungingen, 25th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Deaths
change- April 18 – Doge Marin Falier, Italian ruler (executed)
- August 3 – Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh
- December 5 – John III, Duke of Brabant (born 1300)
- Inês de Castro, lover of King Peter I of Portugal (murdered)
- Stefan Dusan, King of Serbia