1356 (MCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1356th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 356th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 14th century, and the 7th year of the 1350s decade. As of the start of 1356, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1320s 1330s 1340s – 1350s – 1360s 1370s 1380s |
| Years: | 1353 1354 1355 – 1356 – 1357 1358 1359 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1356 MCCCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2109 |
| Armenian calendar | 805 ԹՎ ՊԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6106 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1277–1278 |
| Bengali calendar | 763 |
| Berber calendar | 2306 |
| English Regnal year | 29 Edw. 3 – 30 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1900 |
| Burmese calendar | 718 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6864–6865 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4052 or 3992 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4053 or 3993 |
| Coptic calendar | 1072–1073 |
| Discordian calendar | 2522 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1348–1349 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5116–5117 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1412–1413 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1277–1278 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4456–4457 |
| Holocene calendar | 11356 |
| Igbo calendar | 356–357 |
| Iranian calendar | 734–735 |
| Islamic calendar | 756–758 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunna 5 / Enbun 1 (延文元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1268–1269 |
| Julian calendar | 1356 MCCCLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3689 |
| Minguo calendar | 556 before ROC 民前556年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −112 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1898–1899 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1482 or 1101 or 329 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1483 or 1102 or 330 |
Events
- January 20 – Edward Balliol quits job as King of Scotland and gives job to Edward III of England
- September 19 – Battle of Poitiers The English, led by the Black Prince, beat the French in the Hundred Years' War, taking the King John II of France while winning.
- October 18 – The Basel earthquake breaks the city of Basel in Switzerland.
- December 25 – Emperor Charles IV. announces the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution for the Holy Roman Empire
- The city of Lwów granted Magdeburg rights by Casimir III of Poland
- The majority of the Great Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan to build fortresses and mosques in the nearby city of Cairo, leaving the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.
- Burnt Candlemas – Edward III of England burns down every town and village in Lothian, Scotland.
- The official founding of the Hanseatic League, a trading alliance between many cities in northern Europe.
- Ghazan II takes Anusirvan's job as ruler of the Il-Khanate in Persia.
Births
- King Martin I of Aragon (died 1410)
Deaths
- September 19 – Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:
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