Explore 91 historical events from 1340–1349.
Calais is a French major port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Calais is the largest city in Pas-de-Calais. The population of the city proper i…
The city of Calais surrenders after a protracted siege to the English following the English defeat of a French relief…
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a fourteenth-century English nobleman and soldier. He also held the titles of Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Wexford. He was born in Sutton …
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (died 1375)
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: The French town of Calais capitulated to English forces after an eleven-month siege, ending the…
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, also known as Dušan the Mighty, was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Albanians from 16 April 1346 unt…
Stefan Dušan, "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje, his empire occupying much of the Balkans
Jaume Ferrer was a Majorcan sailor and explorer. He sailed from Majorca on 10 August 1346 to find the legendary "River of Gold," but the outcome of his quest and his fate are unkno…
Jaume Ferrer sets out from Mallorca for the "River of Gold", the Senegal River.
Margaret of England was a royal princess born in Windsor, the daughter of King Edward III of England and his consort, Philippa of Hainault. She was also known as Margaret of Windso…
Margaret, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of King Edward III of England (died 1361)
Charles II, called the Magnanimous was Count of Alençon and Count of Perche (1325–1346), as well as Count of Chartres and Count of Joigny (1335–1336) as husband of Joan of Joigny.
Charles II, Count of Alençon (born 1297)
Louis I was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel.
Louis I, Count of Flanders (born 1304)
Louis II of Châtillon, also known as Louis I of Blois-Châtillon, was count of Blois, count of Dunois, and jure uxoris count of Soissons from 1342 until his death at the Battle of …
Louis II, Count of Blois
Charles IV was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378. He was elected King of Germany in 1346 and became King of Bohemia that same year. He was a member of the House …
Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size.
David II was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371. Upon the death of his father, Robert the Bruce, David succeeded to the throne at the age of five and was crowned at…
The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years.
Rudolph, called the Valiant, was the Duke of Lorraine from 1328 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine and Elisabeth of Austria, the daughter …
Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (born 1320)
John of Bohemia, also called the Blind or of Luxembourg, was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. He is well known for having…
John of Bohemia (born 1296)
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray was an important figure in the reign of David II of Scotland, and was for a time joint Regent of Scotland.
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn (1276–1346), also known as Maurice Moray or Murray, was a Scottish nobleman.
Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Crécy, English forces established the military supremacy of English longbows over…
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes o…
Hundred Years' War: Under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France, King David II of Scotland (pictured) was…
The megas doux was one of the highest positions in the hierarchy of the later Byzantine Empire, denoting the commander-in-chief of the Byzantine navy. It is sometimes also given in…
The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners
The Battle of Staveren, also known as the Battle of Warns, was a battle of the Friso-Hollandic Wars between Count William IV of Holland and the Frisians which took place on 26 Sept…
Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
Momchil was a 14th-century Bulgarian brigand and local ruler. Initially a member of a bandit gang in the borderlands of Bulgaria, Byzantium and Serbia, Momchil was recruited by the…
Momchil, Bulgarian brigand and ruler
Jacob van Artevelde, sometimes written in English as James van Artevelde, also known as The Wise Man and the Brewer of Ghent, was a Flemish statesman and political leader.
Jacob van Artevelde, Flemish statesman (born 1290)
Sancia of Majorca, also known as Sancha, was Queen of Naples from 1309 until 1343 as the wife of Robert the Wise. She served as regent of Naples during the minority of her stepgran…
Sancia of Majorca, queen regent of Naples (born c. 1285)
As-Salih Imad ad-Din Abu'l Fida Isma'il, better known as as-Salih Isma'il, was the Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt between June 1342 and August 1345. He was the fourth son of an-Nasir…
As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt (born 1326)