1368

Events

• Timur ascends throne of Samarkand.
• Restoration of the Great Wall of China.
• Hongwu establishes the Ming Dynasty in China. Some Chinese scholars consider this the end of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
• Emperor Chokei ascends to the throne of Japan

Births

• February 14 - Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1437)
• December 3 - King Charles VI of France (died 1422)
• Pope Martin V (died 1431)
• Thomas Occleve, English poet (died 1450)

Deaths

• March 29 - Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (born 1328)
• October 7 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (born 1338)
• Andrea Orcagna, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect