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| Years: 1345 1346 1347 - 1348 - 1349 1350 1351 | |
| Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s - 1340s - 1350s 1360s 1370s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
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Events
- April 7 - Charles University is founded in Prague.
- June 24 - Black Death outbreak in full swing in Melcombe Regis (modern-day Weymouth, Dorset in England)
- July 6 - Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews against popular aggressivity during the Black Death epidemic.
- Beginning of Black Death epidemic in central and western Europe
- End of the reign of Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
- Start of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
- May - Black Death reaches England
- Edward III of England creates the first English order of chivalry, the Order of the Garter
- Pskov gains independence from the Novgorod Republic with the treaty of Bolotovo; Pskov Republic formed.
- Black Death in Cairo.
- Estimation: Hangzhou in Mongolian China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Cairo, capital of Mamluk Egypt.[link]
Births
- John Fitzalan, 1st Lord Arundel (died 1379)
Deaths
- February 2 - Narymunt, Prince of Pinsk
- December 2 - Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (born 1297)
- Laura, beloved of Petrarch (born 1310)
- John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (born 1290)
- Pietro Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (born 1280)
- Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1270)
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