Years: 1343 1344 1345 - 1346 - 1347 1348 1349

Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s - 1340s - 1350s 1360s 1370s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

• Serbian Empire was proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of the South-Eastern Europe
• Foundation of the University of Valladolid
• Foundation of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
• August 26 Battle of Crecy after which Edward the Black Prince honored 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 arms and motto "Ich Dien" or "I Serve"
• King Edward III reneges on his loans, plunging many banks and the cities around them into an economic depression(see reference).

Births

• Eustache Deschamps French poet (d. 1405)

Deaths

References

• MacKenny, Richard; The City State, 1500-1700. Humanities Press International, Inc: Atlantic Highlands, NJ.