Events of 1359

• July 4 – Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.

• Murad I (1359–1389) succeeds Orhan I (1326–1359) as sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

• Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.

• Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband, Louis of Bavaria, are absolved from excommunication.

• The Second Treaty of London is signed between England and France.

• May 25 – The French States-General rejects the Second Treaty of London.

• Abu Salim Ali II overthrows Muhammad II as Said as ruler of the Merinid Dynasty in present-day Morocco.

• Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova) after freeing it from Hungarian control.

• The Zayanids under Abu Hamuw II recapture Algeria.

• Shah Mahmud overthrows his brother, Shah Shuja, as leader of the Muzaffarid tribe in Persia.

• Qulpa becomes Khan of the Blue Horde after the death of Berdi Beg.

• Ismail II overthrows his uncle, Muhammed V, as King of Grenada (in present-day Spain).

Births

• January 11 – Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)

• July 15 – Antonio Correr, cardinal (d. 1445)

• probable – Owain Glyndŵr, last Welsh Prince of Wales (d. 1416)

Deaths

• June 21 – King Eric XII of Sweden (b. 1339)

• October 10 – King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1310)

• October 25 – Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (b. 1293)

• November 13 – Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Moscovy (b. 1326)

• November 14 – Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296)

• date unknown – Orhan, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire