1374

January–December

• April 23 - In recognition of his services, Edward III of England grants the English writer Geoffrey Chaucer a gallon of wine a day, for the rest of his life.
• June 24 - The illness dancing mania begins in Aix-la-Chapelle, possibly due to ergotism.
• November 25 - James of Baux succeeds his uncle, Philip II, as Prince of Taranto and titular ruler of the Latin Empire.

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• King U of Goryeo ascends to the throne of Goryeo after the assassination of King Gongmin.
• Leu Thai becomes King of Sukhothai, after the death of King Lithai.
• Rao Biram Dev succeeds Rao Kanhadev as ruler of Marwar.
• Hasan succeeds his father, Shaikh Uvais, as ruler of the Jalayirid sultanate in present-day Iraq and western Iran. Hasan proves to be an unpopular ruler and is executed in the same year. Hasan's brother, Husain, succeeds him as ruler.
• Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire.
• Robert de Juilly succeeds Raymond Berenger as Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
• Princes from the Kingdom of Granada choose Abu al-Abbas Ahmad to succeed Muhammad as-Said, as Sultan of the Marinid Empire in Morocco. The Empire is split into the Kingdom of Fez and the Kingdom of Marrakech.
• The Château de Compiègne royal residence is built in France.