1359

1359 (MCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1359th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 359th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 14th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1350s decade. As of the start of 1359, 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:	1356 1357 1358 – 1359 – 1360 1361 1362

Events

• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389)
• Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
• Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband Louis of Bavaria are absolved from excommunication.
• Second Treaty of London signed between England and France, but rejected by the French States-General on May 25.