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Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo

Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo

Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo

Events Before

  1. 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

  2. Danish squire and national hero Niels Ebbesen kills German prince Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 133

    Danish squire and national hero Niels Ebbesen kills German prince Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332 to 1340 interregnum in Denmark

  3. Rotterdam is founded in the Netherlands

    Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands by population and the largest by area (319.4 km2).

  4. English fleet destroys the French at the battle of Sluys (the Hundred Years' War)

    The Battle of Sluys, also called the Battle of l'Écluse, was a naval battle fought on 24 June 1340 between England and France.

  5. England and France sign a disarmament treaty

    England and France sign a disarmament treaty

Events After

  1. Count Hartmann II becomes the ruler of Vaduz, Liechtenstein

    Count Hartmann II becomes the ruler of Vaduz, Liechtenstein

  2. Fictional character of "The Hobbit" Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, Shire Reckoning

    Fictional character of "The Hobbit" Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, Shire Reckoning

  3. Pope Clement VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht

    Pope Clement VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht

  4. 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)

  5. Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus

    Pope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death, in December 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope.

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