1346

Years: 1343 1344 1345 - 1346 - 1347 1348 1349
Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s - 1340s - 1350s 1360s 1370s
Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

July 11 - Charles IV of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
August 26 - Battle of Crecy after which Edward the Black Prince honoured 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"

In addition to the victory at Crecy, the English armies have an annus mirabilis, with further victories over the French at Caen and near Calais, over Scotland at the Battle of Neville's Cross and the Bretons at the Battle of St Pol de Leon during the Hundred Years' War.

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.
The Teutonic Knights bought Estonia from Denmark. See Danish Estonia.
King Edward III reneges on his loans, plunging many banks and the cities around them into an economic depression(see reference).

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

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