1350
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1350 (MCCCL) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1350th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 350th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 14th century, and the 1st year of the 1350s decade. As of the start of 1350, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
- England invades France
- 29 August – An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer.
- Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire.
- The Black Death ravages Europe. (1347-1351)
- The Black Death first appears in Scotland.
Births
- January 23 – Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (died 1419)
- October 12 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Muscovy and Vladimir (died 1389)
- Pierre d'Ailly, French theologian (died 1420)
- John I of Aragon (died 1395)
- Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia (died 1404)
- Pope Boniface IX, second Roman pope of the Western Schism (died 1404)
- Jehuda Cresques, Catalan cartographer (died 1427)
- Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (died 1405)
- Agnolo Gaddi, Italian painter (died 1396)
- William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England (approximate date; died 1419)
- Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (died 1397)
- Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (died 1425)
- John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; died 1400)
- Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (died 1425)
- John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (approximate date; died 1414)
- Ralph Strode, English scholar (died 1400)
- Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt (approximate date; died 1403)
- Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (died 1415)
- Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London (died 1423)
- William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (died 1399)
- Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish historian (died 1420)
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Deaths
- March 26 – Alfonso XI of Castile (born 1311)
- April 3 – Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (born 1295)
- August 22 – Philip VI of France (born 1293)
- Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu
- Jean de Marigny, French bishop
- Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (approximate date; born c. 1283)
- Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn, last Gaelic Mormaer of Strathearn
- Namdev, Marathi saint and poet (born 1270)
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