History
1369
General
Population: 360 Million*
- Entertainment: Chaucer writes The Book of the Duchesse
- Deaths: Blanche of Lancaster, Pedro the Cruel King of Castile
Asia
- Central Asia - Tamerlane becomes king of Samarkand
- China: Construction begins on first Great Wall of China
- Korea: Korea submits to Ming Dynasty
Europe
- General: End of Peace of Bretingy, re-start 100 Years' War - second phase
- Bulgaria: Ottoman Turks attack Bulgaria – completed 1372
- England: Death of Blanche of Lancaster and husband John of Gaunt (Ghent) 3rd son of Edward III of ENG takes her titles and virtually rules ENG
Plague - third in a decade
- France: Building of the Bastille in Paris
Charles V of France sets to re-conquer territories
Third plague in a decade
- Italian States: Venice repels Hungarian invasion
Middle East
- Central Asia - Tamerlane becomes king of Samarkand