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Heads of State
Year of the Fire Dog丙戌( at the beginning of the year Wood Rooster乙酉)
Syria: 1657/58 ( the year in October )
- 2.1 Exact date of birth unknown
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Holy Roman Empire
- Ludwig the Bavarian prepares with the support of the German cities before the defense of his claims.
Hundred Years' War
- August 26: Battle of Crécy: After the end of the first truce in the Hundred Years War, the French attack under Philip VI. to and from the numerically strong inferior English under Edward III. beaten. The English archers are superior with their longbows the French knights. In this battle, Johann dies of Bohemia.
- After their victory, the English troops lay siege to the city of Calais for eleven months.
Northern Europe
- King Valdemar IV of Denmark Atterday sold Estonia ( conquered in 1219 ) to the Teutonic Order.
Society
- In Venice, the Ospedale della Pietà was founded as an orphanage and hospice for unwed mothers with infants.
Religion
- Foundation of the monastery of Vadstena in Östergötland, Sweden
Disasters
- The furious since 1331 plague pandemic reached Astrakhan.
Born
Exact date of birth unknown
- Albrecht von Wernigerode, Bishop of Halberstadt ( † 1419 )
- Philip I, Duke of Burgundy from the House of Capet 1350-1361 († 1361 )
- Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, English military leader († 1397 )
Died
- February 01: Pål Bårdsson Archbishop of Nidaros (* 1280 )
- AUGUST 25: Rudolf of Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1320)
- AUGUST 26: John of Bohemia, King of Bohemia and hereditary King of Poland (* 1296 )
- AUGUST 26: Louis I, Count of Flanders, Count of Nevers and Rethel, Baron of Donzy (c. 1304)
- AUGUST 26: Charles of Valois, Count of Alençon and Le Perche (c. 1297 )
- September 23: Ulrich II von Hanau, Mr. Hanau (* 1280/1288 )
- November 29: Agnes, daughter of force I. von Hohenlohe ( * before 1295)
- Abu Bakr II, Caliph of the Hafsids (* unknown)