•
January 17 –
Louis IV, "the Bavarian", is crowned
Holy Roman Emperor at
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Because of conflict with the Avignon Papacy, the ceremony is carried out by a senator and three Italian bishops. •
January 24 –
Philippa of Hainault marries King
Edward III of England a year after his coronation. The marriage produces ten children, the eldest of whom is
Edward the Black Prince. •
May 1 –
Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton:
England recognises
Scotland as an independent nation, after the
Wars of Scottish Independence. •
May 12 –
Antipope Nicholas V is consecrated at St. Peter's Basilica in
Rome by the
bishop of
Venice. •
May 26 –
William of Ockham secretly leaves
Avignon, under threat from
Pope John XXII. •
May 29 – King
Philip VI of France is crowned, founding the
House of Valois, after the death of King
Charles IV of France, who has no sons to inherit. •
August 23 –
Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of
Flemish farmers. • Undated – The
Augustiner-Bräu is first recorded as the brewery of an
Augustinian monastery at
Munich. == Births ==