19 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (4)
Zhu Yuanzhang personally attacked Wuzhou (Jinhua); he routed Shi Mosun's relief force at Meihua Gate, Wuzhou surrendered, and Hou Sun (厚孫) was captured. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷1 至正十八年)
Because the Japanese block the tax transport, six men including Jang In-bo, Chinese, are made ferrymen; each carries one ship and a hundred fifty soldiers to transport the Jeolla grain, but the enemy sets fire and they are defeated, with many casualties. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家 卷39 恭愍 七年)
Ashikaga Takauji died of a carbuncle at the age of 54; the Northern Court posthumously granted him Senior First Rank and Minister of the Left, and Yoshiakira succeeded as shogun. (Rai Sanyō, Nihon Gaishi part_01 L226)
Japan (1)
12th month, day 18: Ashikaga Yoshiakira (age 29) assumes the post of Seii Taishogun (Taiheiki 巻第三十四 284)
Western Europe (14)
Knight Jean de Picquigny takes the King of Navarre out of a neighbouring castle and leads him to Amiens; Paris merchants and citizens mediate the peace. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part06:l.2323–2345)
The King of Navarre kills more than 3,000 Jacques (peasant rebels) near Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part06:l.2562–2571)
The army of the Duke of Normandy, acting as regent, besieges Paris from the Saint-Antoine side, blocks the Seine and the Marne to cut off supplies, and burns the villages around. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part_07 l.275–280)
Two units of the Paris citizen militia fight on the same day around Montmartre; they gain nothing and return. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part_07 l.666–668)
Étienne Marcel, the provost of the merchants of Paris, is killed at the Saint-Antoine gate by Jean Maillard and his followers; several of his close followers are also killed or captured. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part_07 l.1002–1040)
The Duke of Normandy entered Paris and lodged at the Louvre — citizens welcomed him. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part_07 l.1259–1274)
The King of Navarre sent a challenge to the Duke of Normandy, left Saint-Denis, and went to Melun, where his sister Blanche was. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part_07 l.1401–1406)
Navarrese troops defeated French forces near Noyon — captured Raoul de Coucy, bishop of Noyon, among others. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part_07 l.1589–1599, 1770–1800)
In Amiens, 17 suspects who had aided the Navarrese party were seized and beheaded in the marketplace, including an abbot. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part_07 l.2005–2017)
Picard lords decided and began the siege of Saint-Valéry, which Navarrese troops held. (Chronicles of Jean Froissart part_07 l.2146–2172)