1351

Year 1351 (MCCCLI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. == Events == === January–December === January 14 – Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act 1351, defining treason in English law. It remains unrepealed into the 21st century. February – Enactments by the Parliament of England: The Statute of Labourers deals with a labour shortage caused by the Black Death. Statute of Provisors prevents the Pope from appointing clergy to English benefices. March 4 – The Ayutthaya Kingdom is established by King Uthong (Ramathibodi I) in modern-day Thailand. He begins to propagate Theravada Buddhism as the state religion. March 23 – Firuz Shah Tughlaq succeeds Mohammad Tughlaq as ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. At this time, the Samma dynasty in Sindh (part of modern-day Pakistan) breaks away from the Sultanate. March 26 – War of the Breton Succession: Combat of the Thirty – Thirty chosen knights each, from the Kingdoms of France and England, fight to determine who will rule the Duchy of Brittany; a Franco-Breton victory is assured by the squire Guillaume de Montauban. April 1 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Saintes. – The French are defeated by the English. April 8 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Taillebourg. – The French are defeated by the English. May 1 – Zürich joins the Old Swiss Confederacy. November 26 – Emperor Sukō abdicates as 3rd Emperor of the Northern Court of Japan. === Date unknown === The Red Turban Rebellions break out in China, leading to permanent weakening of the Mongolian-run Yuan dynasty. King Gongmin ascends the throne in Goryeo. The region of Vantaa in Finland is first mentioned (as Helsinge). == Births == October 16 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (d. 1402) November 1 – Leopold III, Duke of Austria (d. 1386) Princess Joan of France (d. 1371) probable – Władysław II Jagiełło, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (d. 1434) == Deaths == February 13 – Kō no Morofuyu, Japanese general March 20 – Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi March 25 Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai May 24 – Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Sultan of Morocco (b. 1297) June 20 – Margareta Ebner, German nun (b. 1291) November 15 – Joanna of Pfirt, duchess consort of Austria == References ==