What is 1355?
{{Year nav|1355}} {{Year in various calendars|1355}} {{Year article header|1355}} == Events == * [[January 7]] – [[Portugal|Portuguese]] king [[Alphonso IV of Portugal|Afonso IV]] sends three men to kill [[Ines de Castro]], beloved of his son [[Peter I of Portugal|prince Pedro]] – [[Pedro]] revolts and incites a civil war. * [[February 10]] – The [[St. Scholastica riot|St. Scholastica's Day riot]] broke out in [[Oxford]], [[England]], leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. * April – [[Philip II of Taranto|Philip]] of [[Anjou]] marries [[Mary of Naples]], daughter of [[Charles of Valois]], duke of [[Calabria]], and [[Mary of Valois]]. * [[April 5]] – [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]] crowned emperor in [[Rome]]. * [[April 18]] – In [[Venice]], the [[Council of Ten]] beheads [[Doge of Venice|Doge]] [[Marin Falier]] for conspiring to kill them. * [[September 1]] – [[Tvrtko I]] writes ''in castro nostro Vizoka vocatum'' from old town [[Visoki]]. * A small [[Scotland|Scottish]] and [[France|French]] force invade [[Northumberland]], loot the city of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and defeat a small [[England|English]] force in a skirmish at [[Nisbet, Berwickshire]]. == Births == * [[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 == * [[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 [[Category:1355| ]]