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{{Year nav|1356}} {{Year in various calendars|1356}} {{Year article header|1356}} == Events == * [[January 20]] – [[Edward Balliol]] quits job as King of [[Scotland]] and gives job to [[Edward III of England]] * [[September 19]] – [[Battle of Poitiers (1356)|Battle of Poitiers]] The English, led by the [[Black Prince]], beat the French in the [[Hundred Years' War]], taking the King [[John II of France]] while winning. * [[October 18]] – The [[Basel earthquake]] breaks the city of [[Basel]] in [[Switzerland]]. * [[December 25]] – [[Emperor]] [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV.]] announces the [[Golden Bull]], a sort of medieval [[constitution]] for the [[Holy Roman Empire]] * The city of [[Lwów]] granted [[Magdeburg rights]] by [[Casimir III of Poland]] * The majority of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]'s limestone casing stones are removed by [[Bahri dynasty|Bahri Sultan]] [[An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan]] to build [[fortress]]es and [[mosque]]s in the nearby city of [[Cairo]], leaving the first of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]] in the step-stone condition in which it remains today. * [[Burnt Candlemas]] – [[Edward III of England]] burns down every town and village in [[Lothian]], Scotland. * The official founding of the [[Hanseatic League]], a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe. * [[Ghazan II]] takes [[Anusirvan]]'s job as ruler of the [[Il-Khanate]] in [[Persia]]. == Births == * King [[Martin I of Aragon]] (died [[1410]]) == Deaths == * [[September 19]] – Killed at the Battle of Poitiers: ** [[Peter I, Duke of Bourbon]] (born [[1311]]) ** [[Walter VI of Brienne]], Constable of France (born [[1304]]) [[Category:1356| ]]