Explore 91 historical events from 1340–1349.
The siege of Algeciras (1342–1344) was undertaken during the Reconquest of Spain by the Castillian forces of Alfonso XI assisted by the fleets of the Crown of Aragon and the Republ…
The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
The battle of Morlaix was fought near the village of Lanmeur in Brittany, France, on 30 September 1342 between an Anglo-Breton army and a much larger Franco-Breton force. England, …
Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.
Catherine of Bohemia also known as Catherine of Luxembourg was Electress of Brandenburg, the second daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and Blanche of Valois.
Catherine of Bohemia, duchess of Austria (died 1395)
Pope Benedict XII, born Jacques Fournier, was a cardinal and inquisitor, and later, head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1334 to his death, in April 1342. He was the third …
Pope Benedict XII (born 1285)
Charles I, also known as Charles Robert (Hungarian: Károly Róbert; Croatian: Karlo Robert; Slovak: Karol Róbert; Italian: Caroberto;, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308 to h…
Charles I of Hungary (born 1288)
The battle of Morlaix was fought near the village of Lanmeur in Brittany, France, on 30 September 1342 between an Anglo-Breton army and a much larger Franco-Breton force. England, …
An Anglo-Breton army defeated a far larger Franco-Breton force in the first land battle of the Hundred Years' War.
The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, sometimes referred to as the Second Palaiologan Civil War, was a conflict that broke out in the Byzantine Empire after the death of Andronikos…
The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine…
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York was the fifth son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Like many medieval English princes, Edmund gained his nickname from hi…
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III of England and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1402)
Frederick IV, called the Simple, was King of Sicily from 1355 to 1377. He was the second son of Peter II of Sicily and Elisabeth of Carinthia. He succeeded his brother Louis. The d…
Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (died 1377)
John III the Good was Duke of Brittany, from 1312 to his death and 5th Earl of Richmond from 1334 to his death. He was the son of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, and his first wife Ma…
John III, duke of Brittany (born 1286)
Juliana Falconieri, O.S.M., was the Italian foundress of the Religious Sisters of the Third Order of Servites.
Juliana Falconieri, Italian nun and saint (born 1270)
Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun, commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad, or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali or as Ibn Qalawun (1285–1341) was the ninth Mamluk sultan o…
An-Nasir Muhammad, Egyptian sultan (born 1285)
Andronikos III Palaiologos, commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Arme…
Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1297)
Eleanor of Anjou was Queen of Sicily as the wife of King Frederick III of Sicily. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou by birth.
Eleanor of Anjou, queen consort of Sicily (born 1289)
Leo IV or Leon IV was the last Hethumid king of Cilicia, ruling from 1320 until his death. He was the son of Oshin of Armenia and Isabel of Korikos, and came to the throne on the d…
Levon IV, king of Armenia (born 1309)
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the M…
The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos as emperor, triggering a civil war between his…
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: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded pers
The Reconquista or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military campaigns by northern Iberian Christian polities against Muslim-ruled al-Andalus, which had been part of the Visi…
Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
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 English fleet commanded by Edward III almost completely destroyed the French fleet at the Battle