Events

• King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England.
• Venice repels Hungarian invasion.
• Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.
• Tamerlane names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.

Births

• John Dunstable, English composer (d. 1463)

Deaths

• January - Peter I , king of Cyprus (murdered)
• August 15 - Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III of England
• October 3 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)