1362

Events 
 First Foundation of the Venerable English College
 January 16 – The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes Holland, England, Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland, Germany.
 Under Edward III, English replaces French as England's national language, for the first time following the Norman Conquest of 1066.
 September 28 – Pope Urban V succeeds Pope Innocent VI as the 200th pope.
 Louis I of Hungary defeats and captures Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria; he conquers northern Bulgaria, extending his control over the Balkans.
 The Ottomans capture Philippopolis and Adrianopole (now the city of Edirne) from the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire is reduced to the city of Constantinople.
 Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in a naval battle off Helsingborg.
 Shahabuddin succeeds his brother, Alauddin Ali Sher, as Sultan of Kashmir.
 Constantine VI succeeds his cousin, Constantine V, as King of Armenia.
 Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas crushed the Tatars at the Blue Waters of the Southern Bug in 1362.

 Births 
 Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (died 1435)
 Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (died 1425)

 Deaths 
 April 6 – James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
 April 10 – Maud, Countess of Leicester(b. 1339)
 July 22 – Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (born 1324)
 September 12 – Pope Innocent VI
 Constantine V of Armenia
 Louis of Taranto (born 1320)