Events of 1357

• May 28 – Peter I becomes King of Portugal after the death of his father, Alfonso IV.

• July 9 – Charles Bridge in Prague is founded.

• King David II of Scotland is released by the English in return for a ransom.

• Berdibek succeeds Jani Beg as Khan of the Blue Horde.

• Sikandar I becomes Sultan of Bengal.

• Rao Kanhadev becomes Rathore ruler of Marwar (now part of India).

• Influenza is first identified as a disease.

• The first public exhibition of the Shroud of Turin is recorded.

• The Blue Horde unseat Ghazan II as the ruler of the Il-Khanate and appoint their own governor.

• The Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahathat (Famous Wat Yai) Temple is constructed in Phitsanulok, Thailand.

• In France, the States-General passes Étienne Marcel's Great Ordinance in an attempt to impose limits on the monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.

Births

• April 11 – King John I of Portugal (d. 1433)

• date unknown

• *Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster (d. 1417)

• *Hugo von Montfort, minstrel (d. 1423)

• *Fang Xiaoru, Confucian scholar (d. 1402)

• *Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism (d. 1419)

Deaths

• January 18 – Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313)

• May 28 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)

• July 13 – Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian jurist (b. 1313)

• date unknown

• *Ziauddin Barani, historian and political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate (b. 1285)

• *Jani Beg, Khan of the Blue Horde

• *Kazerouni, Masoud, Persian physician

• *Rao Tida, Rathore ruler of Marwar