Edirne) from the Byzantine Empire, reducing its territory to the city of Constantinople, part of the Peloponessus, and some islands. Shahabuddin succeeds his brother, Alauddin Ali Sher, as Sultan of Kashmir. The Öræfajökull volcano erupts in Iceland, resulting in the destruction of the district of Litlahérað by flood and tephra fall. The English Hospice of the Most Holy Trinity and St Thomas is founded in Rome. It goes on to become the English College, a centre for training English priests in Rome. Purported date of the inscription of the Kensington Runestone, at Solem, Minnesota. Births January 16 – Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (d. 1392) date unknown – Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (d. 1425) Empress Xu (Ming dynasty) of China (d. 1407) probable – Wang Fu, Chinese painter (d. 1416) date unknown – Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1420) Deaths March – Orhan, Ottoman sultan (b. 1281) April 6 – James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319) April 10 – Maud, Countess of Leicester (b. 1339) May 26 – Louis of Taranto (b. 1320) July 11 – Anna von Schweidnitz, empress of Charles IV (b. 1339) (childbirth) July 22 – Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (poisoned) (b. 1324) September 7 – Joan of The Tower, Queen consort of king David II of Scotland (b. 1321) September 12 – Pope Innocent VI (b. 1282 or 1295) December 10 – Frederick III, Duke of Austria, second son of Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1347) December 21 – Constantine III, King of Armenia (b. 1313) date unknown – Emperor John of Trebizond References