1370 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1340s 1350s 1360s – 1370s – 1380s 1390s 1400s
Years:	1367 1368 1369 – 1370 – 1371 1372 1373

Events

May 24 – The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.
October 20 – Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Constantinople, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria.
December 20 – Pope Gregory XI succeeds Pope Urban V as the 201st pope.
Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war.
Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London.
Fortification of Xian City (Chang'an)
Timur completes his conquest of Cental Asia and parts of Persia, establishing the Timurid Empire.
Tran Phu deposes Duong Nhat Le as King of Vietnam.
For the second time since 1368, Moscow attacks Tver. Tver again makes a counter-attack with the aid of Lithuania and the Blue Horde.
Casimir III of Poland is succeeded jointly by his sister, Elisabeth of Kujavia, and her son, Louis I of Hungary. Beginning of the rule of Poland by the Capet-Anjou family.