1348 ( MCCCXLVIII ) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar , the 1348th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 348th year of the 2nd millennium , the 48th year of the 14th century , and the 9th year of the 1340s decade. As of the start of 1348, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• 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 aggression 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 Suk? , 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 Yuan Dynasty China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Cairo , capital of Mamluk Egypt . ^[1]
• Truce between England and France until 1532.
• Gonville Hall, the forerunner of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge was founded.

Births [ change | change source ]

• John Fitzalan , 1st Lord Arundel (died 1379 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• 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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