Year 1359 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events of 1359 July 4 - Francesco II Ordelaffi surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz. Murad I (1359-1389) succeeds Orhan I (1326-1359) as sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Berlin joins the Hanseatic League. Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband, Louis of Bavaria, are absolved from excommunication. The Second Treaty of London is signed between England and F… (More on 1359)