What is 1372?
{{Year nav|1372}} {{Year in various calendars|1372}} {{Year article header|1372}} == Events == * In this year, the city of [[Aachen]], [[Germany]] begins adding a [[Roman numeral]] [[Anno Domini]] date to a few of its [[coins]]. It is the first city in the world to do so. * The [[France|French]] & the [[Crown of Castile|Castilians]] defeat the [[England|English]] in the naval [[Battle of La Rochelle]]. The French gain control of the [[English Channel]] for the first time since [[1340]]. * 4 year old Muhammad as-Said succeeds his father, Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I, as [[Marinids]] [[List of rulers of Morocco|Sultan of Morocco]]. * Welshman [[Owain Lawgoch]] makes a second attempt to take the throne of [[Wales]] from the English. Whilst attacking the island of [[Guernsey]], Owain abandons the invasion in order to fight the English at the [[Battle of La Rochelle]]. * [[Newaya Maryam]] succeeds his father, [[Newaya Krestos]], as ruler of [[Ethiopia]]. * Peace declared between the [[Kingdom of Sicily]] and the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. * The Kingdom of [[Chūzan]] (now in southern [[Japan]]) enters [[tribute|tributary relations]] with [[Ming Dynasty]] [[China]]. == Births == * [[March 13]] – [[Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans]], son of king [[Charles V of France]] (died [[1407]]) * [[Makhdoom Ali Mahimi]], Sufi saint from India * Princess [[Beatrice of Portugal]], future Queen of Portugal and Queen-consort of Castile (died [[1410]]) == Deaths == * [[August 31]] – [[Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford]], English soldier (born [[1301]]) * [[Eleanor of Lancaster]], English noblewoman (born [[1318]]) * [[Bagrat I the Little]], King of Georgia [[Category:1372| ]]