1359

January–December

• May 25 - The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France.
• June 21 - Upon the death of Erik Magnusson, his claims to the Swedish throne die with him, and power is restored undivided to his father, King Magnus.
• July 4 - Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander, Gil de Albornoz.
• December 19 - The Courts of the Principality of Catalonia are held in Cervera, giving birth to the Deputation the General of Catalonia, also called Generalitat of Catalonia.

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• Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
• Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband, Louis of Bavaria, are absolved from excommunication.
• Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as Said, as ruler of the Merinid Dynasty, in present-day Morocco.
• Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia, after freeing it from Hungarian control. He will be ancestor of the House of Bogdan, who will rule Moldavia for more than three centuries.
• The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture Algeria.
• Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe in Persia.
• Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde, after the death of Berdi Beg.
• Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as King of Granada.
• Ananda Patel moved to Bhadran from Anklav.
• probable date - Battle of Megara: A Christian coalition defeats a Turkish raider fleet.