1342
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Years : | 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 |
Centuries: | 13th century · 14th century · 15th century |
Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s 1360s 1370s |
Years: | 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 |
[edit] Events
- May - Pope Clement VI becomes pope
- John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond
- Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens
- Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia
- Patriarch of Antioch moved to Damascus while Ignatius II is king
- Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol
- Louis I becomes king of Hungary
- The Vijayanagara Empire is created in South India
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (died 1404)
- November 10 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (died 1408)
- Leo VI of Armenia
- Avignon Pope Clement VII (died 1394)
- Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (died 1373)
- Julian of Norwich, English mystic (died 1413)
[edit] Deaths
- January 29 - Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1279)
- April 24 - Pope Benedict XII
- July 16 - King Charles I of Hungary
- November 29 - Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (born 1270)
- Al-Jaldaki, Persian physician and alchemist
- William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros
- Marsilius of Padua, Italian scholar (born 1270)