1368

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1340s 1350s 1360s 1370s 1380s
Years:	1365 1366 1367 1368 1369 1370 1371

1368 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1368 MCCCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2121
Armenian calendar	817 ԹՎ ՊԺԷ
Assyrian calendar	6118
Balinese saka calendar	1289–1290
Bengali calendar	775
Berber calendar	2318
English Regnal year	41Edw. 3– 42Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1912
Burmese calendar	730
Byzantine calendar	6876–6877
Chinese calendar	Đinh vịNiên (FireGoat) 4065 or 3858 — to — Mậu thân niên (EarthMonkey) 4066 or 3859
Coptic calendar	1084–1085
Discordian calendar	2534
Ethiopian calendar	1360–1361
Hebrew calendar	5128–5129
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1424–1425
-Shaka Samvat	1289–1290
-Kali Yuga	4468–4469
Holocene calendar	11368
Igbo calendar	368–369
Iranian calendar	746–747
Islamic calendar	769–770
Japanese calendar	Jōji7 /Ōan1 ( ứng an nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1281–1282
Julian calendar	1368 MCCCLXVIII
Korean calendar	3701
Minguo calendar	544 beforeROC Dân tiền 544 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−100
Thai solar calendar	1910–1911
Tibetan calendar	Âm hỏa dương niên (female Fire-Goat) 1494 or 1113 or 341 — to — Dương thổ hầu niên (male Earth-Monkey) 1495 or 1114 or 342

Year1368(MCCCLXVIII) was aleap year starting on Saturday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

January–December

• January 23– TheHongwu Emperor(Zhu Yuanzhang) establishes theMing DynastyinChina,after the disintegration of the MongolYuan Dynasty.He immediately orders every county magistrate to set up fourgranaries,and halts government taxation on books.
• March 29–Emperor Chōkeiaccedes to the throne ofJapan.

Date unknown

• TheRevolt of Saint Titusagainst rule of theRepublic of Venicein theKingdom of Candia(island ofCrete) ends in failure.
• Durrës,the second-largest city in modern-day Albania (at this time known as Dyrrhachium), is captured from theAngevinsbyKarl Thopia,a powerful feudal prince and warlord.
• Lațcu,son ofBogdan I,deposes his nephewPetru I,and becomes voivode ofMoldavia.
• Timurascends the throne ofSamarkand(in modern-dayUzbekistan).
• Maha Thammaracha IIbecomes ruler of theSukhothai Kingdom(in modern-day northernThailand) after the death ofMaha Thammaracha I.
• Work begins on the survivingGreat Wall of China.
• Mikhail Aleksandrovichbecomes the sole ruler ofTver(in modern-day western Russia), after the death of co-ruler and rival Vasiliy Mikhailovich of Kashin.
• MoscowattacksTver,which counter-attacks with the aid ofLithuaniaand theBlue Horde.
• The King ofNorwaysends the last Royal Ship from Norway, to theGreenlandEastern Settlement.This event is part of both theNorse colonization of the Americas,and of theHistory of Greenland.
• A peace treaty is signed betweenNorwayand theHanseatic League.
• TheBibliothèque nationale de France(National Library of France) is founded as the Royal Library at theLouvre Palacein Paris, byCharles V of France.
• Petrarchconcludes writing the sequence ofItaliansonnetsand other poems known asIl Canzoniere.

Births

• February 14–Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor(d.1437)
• December 3– KingCharles VI of France(d.1422)
• probable
  • Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria(d.1447)
  • Ida de Grey,Cambro-Norman noble (d.1426)
  • Pope Martin V(d.1431)
  • Thomas Hoccleve,English poet (d.1426)

Deaths

• March 29–Emperor Go-MurakamiofJapan(b.1328)
• August 25–Andrea Orcagna,Italian painter, sculptor and architect
• September 12–Blanche of Lancaster,English duchess, spouse ofJohn of Gaunt(b.1345)
• October 7–Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence,son ofEdward III of England(b.1338)
• undated–Maha Thammaracha I,Thai ruler of theSukhothai Kingdomand Buddhist philosopher (b. c.1300)
• probable–Ibn Battuta,Arabian traveler