1339

Events

• 23 September - Simone Boccanegra is elected as the first Doge of Genoa.
• Emperor Go-Murakami accedes to the throne of Japan.
• Kashmir is conquered by Muslims.

Births

• July 23 - King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)
• November 1 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
• date unknown
• Pope Alexander V (d. 1410)
• Eric XII of Sweden (d. 1359)
• Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut (d. 1393)
• John V, Duke of Brittany (d. 1399)
• Juana Manuel of Castile, queen consort of Castile (d. 1381)
• Jurjani, Arabian encyclopaedist (d. 1414)

Deaths

• February 17 - Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)
• May 26 - Aldona Ona, Queen of Poland (b. c. 1309)
• August 16 - Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302)
• September 1 - Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1305)
• September 19 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
• October 29 - Alexander I, Grand Prince of Tver (b. 1301)
• date unknown - Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1260)

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