1347
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This Source| Years: 1344 1345 1346 - 1347 - 1348 1349 1350 | |
| Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s - 1340s - 1350s 1360s 1370s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
Events
- The Black Death ravages Europe (1347-1351).
- October - Genoese ships traveling from the Crimea bring the bubonic plague to Messina, from which it spreads across Sicily and in Italy.
- Roman Commoner Cola di Rienzo proclaims himself a new Roman dictator in Capitoline Hill in Rome; Pope Clement VI denounces him as a pagan and a heretic and he is driven out of the city by the end of the year.
- Hundred Years War: The English defeat the French at the Battle of Croytoye.
- John VI Kantakouzenos becomes joint Byzantine Emperor after civil war with the regency of the young Emperor John V Palaiologos.
- James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde, is granted his "regalities" by Edward III.
Births
- March 25 - Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)
- Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia (d. 1404)
Deaths
- October 11 - Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
- Adam Murimuth, English ecclesiastic and chronicler (b. 1274)
- John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey (b. 1286)
- Hazrat Shah Jalal, sufi saint of Bengal (b. 1271)
- William of Ockham, English Philosopher (b. 1288)
- Saint Flora, Catholic patroness of abandoned convents, single women & victims of betrayal
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