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Events

• May 1 - Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton: England recognises Scotland as an independent nation after the Wars of Scottish Independence.
• May 12 - Nicholas V is consecrated at St Peter's Basilica in Rome by the bishop of Venice.
• May 26 - William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII.
• May 27 - King Philip VI of France is crowned, founding the Valois Dynasty after the death of King Charles IV of France, who has no sons to inherit.
• August 23 - Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
• The Augustiner brewery in Munich is established.

Births

• May 7 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1365)
• June 25 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (d. 1397)
• September 21 - Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
• September 29 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
• October 9 - King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)
• Avignon Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1423)
• Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (d. 1368)
• Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (d. 1360)

Deaths

• February 1 - King Charles IV of France (b. 1294)
• August 23 - Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)
• September 27 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263)
• November 16 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)
• Meister Eckhart, German theologian (b. 1260)
• Yesün Temür Khan of the Mongol Empire (b. 1276)

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