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Year 1343 ( MCCCXLIII ) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .

Events [ edit ]

January–December [ edit ]

• January 14 – Arno?t of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague.
• January 27 – Pope Clement VI issues his bull Unigenitus , defining the doctrine of "The Treasury of Merits" or "The Treasury of the Church" as the basis for the issuance of indulgences by the Catholic Church.
• April 23 – The St. George's Night Uprising begins in Estonia .
• May 4 – St. George's Night Uprising : The "Four Estonian kings" are murdered, at the negotiations with the Livonian Order .
• August 15 – Magnus IV of Sweden abdicates from the throne of Norway , in favor of his son Haakon VI of Norway . However, Haakon is still a minor, allowing Magnus to remain de facto ruler.
• August 31 – A naval league is formed between the Pope, the Republic of Venice , the Knights Hospitaller and the Kingdom of Cyprus , to prepare the Smyrniote Crusades . ^[1]
• November 25 – A tsunami , caused by an earthquake , devastates the Maritime Republic of Amalfi , among other places.

Date unknown [ edit ]

• Tsar Du?an conquers Albania.

Births [ edit ]

• December 19 – William I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1407 )
• date unknown
  • Emperor Ch?kei of Japan (d. 1394 )
  • Constance of Aragon , queen consort of Sicily (d. 1363 )
  • Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester , English rebel (d. 1403 )
  • Nang Keo Phimpha , queen of Lan Xang (d. 1438 )
  • Tommaso Mocenigo , doge of Venice (d. 1423 )
  • Paolo Alboino della Scala , lord of Verona (d. 1375 )
  • Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan , Scottish ruler (d. 1405 ) ^[2]
• probable
  • Geoffrey Chaucer , English poet (approximate date) (d. 1400 )

Deaths [ edit ]

• January 20 – Robert of Naples (b. 1276 )
• May 29 – Francesco I Manfredi , lord of Faenza
• June 22 – Aimone, Count of Savoy (b. 1291 )
• June 23 – Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi , Italian cardinal (b. c. 1270 )
• September 16 – Philip III of Navarre (b. 1306 )
• December 15 – Hasan Kucek , Chobanid prince (b. c. 1319 )
• date unknown
  • Sir Ulick Burke , Irish nobleman
  • Anne of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria (b. 1318 )
  • Veera Ballala III , ruler of the Hoysala Empire (b. 1291 )

References [ edit ]