1369

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1330s  1340s  1350s  – 1360s –  1370s  1380s  1390s
Years:	1366 1367 1368 – 1369 – 1370 1371 1372

1369 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1369 MCCCLXIX
Ab urbe condita	2122
Armenian calendar	818 ԹՎ ՊԺԸ
Assyrian calendar	6119
Balinese saka calendar	1290–1291
Bengali calendar	776
Berber calendar	2319
English Regnal year	42 Edw. 3 – 43 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1913
Burmese calendar	731
Byzantine calendar	6877–6878
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4065 or 4005     — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4066 or 4006
Coptic calendar	1085–1086
Discordian calendar	2535
Ethiopian calendar	1361–1362
Hebrew calendar	5129–5130
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1425–1426
- Shaka Samvat	1290–1291
- Kali Yuga	4469–4470
Holocene calendar	11369
Igbo calendar	369–370
Iranian calendar	747–748
Islamic calendar	770–771
Japanese calendar	Ōan 2 (応安２年)
Javanese calendar	1282–1283
Julian calendar	1369 MCCCLXIX
Korean calendar	3702
Minguo calendar	543 before ROC 民前543年
Nanakshahi calendar	−99
Thai solar calendar	1911–1912
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1495 or 1114 or 342     — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1496 or 1115 or 343

1369 (MCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1369th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 369th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 14th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1360s decade. As of the start of 1369, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. The French recapture most of Aquitaine.
• Venice repels Hungarian invasion.
• Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.
• Tamerlane names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.
• Košice becomes the first town in Europe to be granted its own coat of arms.
• The Turks invade Bulgaria.
• The Edward the Black Prince ends his military alliance with Pedro of Castile due to ill-health. Pedro subsequently loses the Battle of Montiel to an alliance between the French and his half-brother Henry II. Henry murders Pedro after the battle and becomes King of Castille for a second time.
• The Thai Kingdom of Ayutthaya conquers Cambodia for a second time.
• Financed by Charles V of France, Welshman Owain Lawgoch launches an invasion fleet against the English in an attempt to claim the throne of Wales. A storm causes Owain to abandon the invasion.
• Duong Nhat Le succeeds Tran Hao as King of Vietnam.

Births

• Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (died 1435)
• William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, Lord Treasurer of England (died 1414)
• John Dunstable, English composer (died 1453)
• Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer (died 1415)

Deaths

• January 17 – King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (born 1328)
• March 23 – King Pedro of Castile (born 1334)
• August 15 – Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England
• September 12 – Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (plague) (b. 1345)
• October 3 – Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (born 1318)
• John Chandos, English knight
• Patrick Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar (born 1285)
• Ramathibodi I, first king of Ayutthaya (born 1314)
• Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray
• Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick