1362 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1330s 1340s 1350s – 1360s – 1370s 1380s 1390s
Years:	1359 1360 1361 – 1362 – 1363 1364 1365

Events

First Foundation of the Venerable English College
January 16 – The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes Holland, England, Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland, Germany.
Under Edward III, English replaces French as England's national language, for the first time following the Norman Conquest of 1066.
September 28 – Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI as the 200th pope.
Louis I of Hungary defeats and captures Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria; he conquers northern Bulgaria, extending his control over the Balkans.
The Ottomans capture Philippopolis and Adrianopole (now the city of Edirne) from the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire is reduced to the city of Constantinople.
Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg.
Shahabuddin succeeds his brother, Alauddin Ali Sher, as Sultan of Kashmir.
Constantine VI succeeds his cousin, Constantine V, as King of Armenia.
Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas crushed the Tatars at the Blue Waters of the Southern Bug in 1362.