1347

Events

 * ravages Europe (1347-1351).
 * - ships traveling from the  bring the  to, from which it spreads across  and in.
 * proclaims himself a new in  in ;  denounces him as a pagan and a heretic and he is driven out of the city by the end of the year.
 * English defeat the French at the.
 * becomes joint Emperor after civil war with the regency of the young Emperor.
 * , granted his "regalities" by.

Births

 * -, Italian saint (died )
 * , ruler of Sardinia (died )

Deaths

 * - (born )
 * , English ecclesiastic and chronicler (born )
 * (born )
 * , saint of  (born )
 * , Catholic patroness of abandoned convents, single women & victims of betrayal