1356

Events

 * - surrenders title as King of  to
 * - The English, commanded by the, defeat the French in the , capturing the King  in the process.
 * - The destroys the city of  in.
 * -  promulgates the, a sort of medieval  for the
 * The city of granted  by
 * The majority of the 's limestone casing stones are removed by  to build es and s in the nearby city of, leaving the first of the  in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.
 * - burns down every town and village in, Scotland.
 * The official founding of the, a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe.
 * replaces as ruler of the  in.

Births

 * King (died )

Deaths

 * - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
 * (born )
 * , Constable of France (born )
 * , Chinese poet (born c.)