What Happened in 1361

Major Events

  • Apr 14 Henry of Grosmont, the richest peer in England, is buried at the Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of Newarke, Leicester, with the royal family in attendance

Born in 1361

  • Feb 26 Wenceslas IV of Bohemia "the Idle", King of Bohemia (1378-1419) and Germany (1376-1400), born in Nuremberg (d. 1419)

Who Died in 1361

  • Mar 23 Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, richest peer in England, dies at 50 or 51
  • Jun 9 Philippe de Vitry, French composer and poet, dies at 69
  • Jun 16 John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde), dies at about 61
  • Nov 21 Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)

Famous Weddings in 1361




World Leaders in 1361