1351
| Years: 1348 1349 1350 - 1351 - 1352 1353 1354 | |
| Decades: 1320s 1330s 1340s - 1350s - 1360s 1370s 1380s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
- End of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
- Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
- May 1 Zürich joins the Swiss Confederation.
- King Ramathibodi I ascends the throne in Ayutthaya (now Thailand). He beings to propagate Theravada Buddhism as the state religion.
- King Gongmin ascends the throne in Goryeo.
- Battle of the Thirty
- Statute of Laborers
- First mention of Vantaa
- The Black Death ravages Europe (1347-1351)
- Firuz Tughlaq succeeds Mohammad Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi
- Giangaleazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan
- Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March
- Heinrich IV Dusener von Arfberg, Grand Masters (Hochmeister) of the Teutonic Knights
- Muhammed Tughlaq, Sultan of Delhi (illness while campaiging)