1353
Boccaccio finishes the Decameron
After five years of intermittent writing, Boccaccio completed his cycle of a hundred tales told over ten days by ten young Florentines hiding from the plague…
Fa Ngum founds the Kingdom of Lan Xang in Laos
A Lao prince raised in the Khmer court returned with a Cambodian army and Theravada monks to unify the Mekong valley's fractured muang into a single kingdom…
Firuz Shah Tughlaq stabilizes the Delhi Sultanate
After the chaos of Muhammad bin Tughlaq's reign, his cousin Firuz took the throne and governed with a gentleness unusual in Delhi.
Lithuanian Algirdas pushes into Kievan lands
The pagan grand duke Algirdas of Lithuania exploited the Golden Horde's weakness to absorb Kiev, Chernihiv, and much of modern Belarus and Ukraine…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1353?
Saeculum lists 4 events from 1353. The most significant is Boccaccio finishes the Decameron.
What era was 1353 part of?
1353 falls within the Late Middle Ages (1301-1500). Plague, papal schism, and the seeds of nation-states.
Which regions saw notable events in 1353?
The events from 1353 span Europe, Southeast Asia and South Asia.