Historical events in 1359

11 historical records

May 13591 historical events

1359, May 19th · France · Paris · Warfare · Hundred Years War · John II

Arrest of John II

France rejects a Treaty under which John II will pay England a ransom for his freedom

October 13591 historical events

1359, October · England · Reims · Warfare · Hundred Years War · Edward III

Reims Campaign

Edward III launched a major campaign into France and advanced toward Reims, where he hoped to reinforce his claim to the French crown.

1359 · China · Nanjing · House · House of Ming · Hongwu

Reballion of Hongwu

Leads the Red Turbans in Nanjing

1359 · China · Nanjing · Revolution · Revolution of China · Hongwu

Reballion of Hongwu

Leads the Red Turbans in Nanjing

1359 · Cyprus · House · House of Antioch-Lusignan · Peter I

Succession

Succeeds as King of Cyprus

1359 · England · Reading Abbey · House · House of Lancaster · John of Gaunt Lancaster, 1st

Marriage

John of Gaunts illegitimate descendants, who ultimately became legitimate by his marriage to Katherine Swynford in 1396, the Beauforts, later married into the House of Tudor, which ascended to the throne in the person of Henry VII. Gaunt marries his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont

1359 · England · Reading Abbey · House · House of Lancaster · John of Gaunt Lancaster, 1st

Peerage

Marries Blanche, heiress to the Palatinate of Lancaster and also becomes the 14th Baron of Halton

1359 · England · House · House of Lancaster · Blanche of Lancaster

Marriage

Marries John of Gaunt, a distant cousin

1359 · England · Warfare · Hundred Years War · Thomas Netherlands Kent, 1st

Captain General

Co-captain-general for all the English continental possessions

1359 · India · House · House of Bahmani · Muhammad I

Succession

Succeeds as Shah of India

1359 · Russia · Moscow · House · House of Moscow · Dimitri

Succession

Succeeds as Prince of Moscow