Battle of Crécy: Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army south of Calais in northern France; cannons are used for the first time in battle
Battle of Crécy: Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army south of Calais in northern France; cannons are u
Battle of Crécy: Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army south of Calais in northern France; cannons are used for the first time in battle
Key People
Events Before
Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the first Archbishop of Prague (and the last bishop of Prague)
Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the first Archbishop of Prague (and the last bishop of Prague)
Holy Spirit glides above fire in "The Miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)
Holy Spirit glides above fire in "The Miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)
"Quaden Maendach" in Ghent: battles between fullers & weavers
"Quaden Maendach" in Ghent: battles between fullers & weavers
Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners
Alexios Apokaukos, also Latinized as Alexius Apocaucus, was a chief minister and head of the navy in the Byzantine Empire, during the reigns of emperors Andronikos III Palaiologos and John V...
Blanche of Lancaster is born
Blanche of Lancaster is born
Events After
Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal
Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal
Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha, daughter of Jan III
Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha, daughter of Jan III
Heir to the Bohemian throne elected German anti-king Charles IV
Charles IV (German: Karl IV.; Czech: Karel IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; also known as Charles of Luxembourg German: Karl von Luxemburg; Czech: Karel Lucemburský; Latin: Carolus Luxemburgensis;...
Cola di Rienzo, later Roman Tribunal, addresses a meeting of on the Capitol during people's revolt in Rome
Cola di Rienzo, later Roman Tribunal, addresses a meeting of on the Capitol during people's revolt in Rome
Pope Clement VI declares Roman tribunal Cola di Rienzo as heretics
Pope Clement VI declares Roman tribunal Cola di Rienzo as heretics
More from the 1340s
Black Death Massacre: Between 100 and 3,000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt, Germany; part of a wave of p
Black Death Massacre: Between 100 and 3,000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt, Germany; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
Papal bull of Pope Clement VI issued during the Black Death states Jews are not to blame and encourages their protection
Papal bull of Pope Clement VI issued during the Black Death states Jews are not to blame and encourages their protection
Battle of Rio Salado (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan '
Battle of Rio Salado (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of Morocco and Yusuf I of Granada in the last Marinid invasion of the Iberian Peninsula
Jews of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg are massacred during Black Death riots, part of a wave of pogroms across Wes
Jews of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg are massacred during Black Death riots, part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
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- Battle of Crécy: Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army south of Calais in northern France; cannons are used for the first time in battle
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- Key figures include Edward III, Philip VI (Disputed King of France from 1328 to 1350).