St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1191

In the year 1362, King Haakon VI of Norway, son of Magnus IV of Sweden, proclaims himself king of Sweden in opposition to his father - later reconciled, they rule Sweden together (Feb 15), a fire destroys much of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin (Apr 6), England and Castile form an alliance (Jun 22), the Chancellor of England opens Parliament with a speech in English for the first time, English now the official language in law courts instead of French (Oct 13) - and all these fine people were born:

1362-xxxx Jean de Béthencourt* French explorer/King of the Canary Islands - Grainville-la-Teinturière, Normandy, France (1425)
1362-xxxx Dietrich Engelhus* German teacher/author of Latin textbooks - Einbeck, Lower Saxony (1434/c. 72)
1362-xxxx Wang Fu* landscape painter/calligrapher/poet - Ming Dynasty (1416/c. 54)
1362-xxxx Murdoch Stewart* Duke of Albany/Regent of Scotland during reigns of three kings - Scotland (1425/c. 63)

1362-0116 Robert de Vere* Duke of Ireland/close to King Edward II - England (1392/30)

1362-0305 Empress Xu*  the third empress of the Ming dynasty - Yingtian, Ming dynasty (1407/45)

Published in Tampa, FL. Updated 7.7.2022
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