1356

Events

• January 20 - Edward Balliol surrenders title as King of Scotland to Edward III of England
• September 19 - Battle of Poitiers The English defeat the French in the Hundred Years' War, capturing the King John II of France in the process.
• December 25 - Emperor Charles IV. promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution for the Holy Roman Empire
• The city of Lwów granted Magdeburg rights by Casimir the Great
• The city of Basle in Switzerland is destroyed by an earthquake.

Births

• Martin I of Aragon (d. 1410)

Deaths

• Walter VI of Brienne