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Etienne Marcel forces his way into the Paris palace of the dauphin February 22 and has the marshals of Champagne and Normandy murdered in the presence of young Charles, who rules in the absence of his father (see 1357). French peasants and Parisians join in a violent rising of the Jacquerie in May against oppressive taxes imposed to ransom Jean II and other captives taken by the English at Poitiers in 1356 and to carry on the war. The rising is ruthlessly repressed in June with the aid of the English, who pause in their war with the French to join in the wholesale slaughter of rebellious serfs: 300 peasants trapped in a monastery are burned to death, but Gaston III, comte de Foix, saves members of the royal family who have been besieged in the marketplace of Meaux in southern France. Now 27, the handsome Gaston inherited his title at age 12, fought against the English at age 14, was named special lieutenant general in southern France at age 16, was imprisoned 2 years ago on suspicion of having plotted with his brother-in-law Charles II (the Bad) of Navarre against France, fought against the pagans in Prussia after his release, and has returned to France. Charles II of Navarre approaches Paris in league with the English and gains avowals of support from Marcel, who is assassinated July 31 at age 42. The dauphin Charles, now 20, returns to Paris August 2 but is faced with the problem of having to fight both the English and the king of Navarre (see 1359).

The Treaty of Zara signed in February ends a second war between Venice and Hungary's Louis I, who receives most of the Dalmatian coastal towns that have been ruled by Venice (see 1381).

The Japanese shōgun Takauji Ashikaga dies at Kyoto June 8 at age 52, having established the shōgunate that will rule until 1573.

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