January–December •
January 21–
June 27 –
An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt, rules prior to being deposed by his half-brother
As-Salih Ismail. •
May 7 –
Pope Clement VI succeeds
Pope Benedict XII, as the 198th
Pope. •
July 16 –
Louis I becomes king of
Hungary. •
July 18 –
Battle of Zava: Mu'izz al-Din Husayn defeats the
Sarbadars. •
July 22 –
St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe. •
August 15 –
Louis "the Child", age 4, succeeds his father,
Peter II, as king of
Sicily and
duke of Athens; he is crowned on September 15 in
Palermo Cathedral. •
September 4 –
John III of Trebizond (John III Comnenus) becomes
emperor of Trebizond.
Date unknown • Guy de Lusignan becomes
Constantine II, King of Armenia (Gosdantin, Կոստանդին Բ). • The
Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch is transferred to
Damascus, under Ignatius II. •
Kitzbühel becomes part of
Tyrol. •
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 – The
Zealots seize power in
Thessalonica, expelling its aristocrats and declaring themselves in favour of the regency. == Births ==