1346
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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s - 1340s - 1350s 1360s 1370s |
| Years: | 1343 1344 1345 - 1346 - 1347 1348 1349 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1346 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1346
- April 16 - The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of South-Eastern Europe.
- July 11 - Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Holy Roman Emperor.
- August 26 - Battle of Crécy: Edward the Black Prince defeats but honours the bravery of John I, Count of Luxemburg and King of Bohemia (also known as John the Blind), who was killed in the fighting, by adopting his crest and motto: "Ich Dien" or "I Serve".
- In addition to the victory at Crécy (the first medieval battle involving gunpowder), the English armies have an annus mirabilis, with further victories over the French at Caen and near Calais, over Scotland at the Battle of Neville's Cross and the Bretons at the Battle of St Pol de Leon during the Hundred Years' War.
- The Battle of Calry Lough Gill is fought in Ireland.
- Widespread warfare between the Irish and Anglo-Irish, and internal warfare among the Irish and Anglo-Irish themselves, occurs in Leinster.
- The University of Valladolid is founded.
- Pembroke College, University of Cambridge is founded.
- Denmark sells Northern-Estonia to the Teutonic Knights (see Danish Estonia).
| Gregorian calendar | 1346 MCCCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2099 |
| Armenian calendar | 795 ԹՎ ՉՂԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -498 – -497 |
| Berber calendar | 2296 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1890 |
| Burmese calendar | 708 |
| Chinese calendar | 3982/4042-12-9 (乙酉年十二月初九日) — to —
3983/4043-11-19(丙戌年十一月十九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1062 – 1063 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1338 – 1339 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5106 – 5107 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1401 – 1402 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1268 – 1269 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4447 – 4448 |
| Holocene calendar | 11346 |
| Iranian calendar | 724 – 725 |
| Islamic calendar | 746 – 747 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3679 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1889 |
- A number of banks in Florence collapse, due to internal problems in Florence, contributed to, but not caused by, as some historians have claimed, King Edward III of England defaulting on some of his loans (see reference).
- Ibn Battuta returns to Mecca.
[edit] Births
- Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (d. 1397)
- Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1361)
- Eustache Deschamps, French poet (d. 1405)
- John I, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1390)
[edit] Deaths
- August 26 - Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
- Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297)
- Louis I of Flanders (b. 1304)
- John I of Bohemia (b. 1296)
- Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
- John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
- Eustace Folville, English outlaw
[edit] References
- MacKenny, Richard; The City State, 1500-1700. Humanities Press International, Inc: Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
- Hunt, Edwin; “Dealings of the Bradi and Peruzzi” Journal of Economic History, 50, 1 (1990).
