Year 1349 (
MCCCXLIX) was a
common year starting on Thursday
A common year starting on Thursday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Thursday, 1 January, and ends on Thursday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is D. The most recent year of such kind was 2015 and the next one ...
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 22
Events Pre-1600
* 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
* 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...
– An earthquake affects L'Aquila
L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...
in southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), causing severe damage, and leaving 2,000 dead.
* February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
– Jewish persecutions during the Black Death: Strasbourg massacre – Because they are believed by the residents to be the cause of the Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causi ...
, roughly 2,000 Jews are burned to death.
* February 19
Events Pre-1600
* 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
* 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan ...
– Jewish persecutions during the Black Death: The entire Jewish community in the remote German village of Saulgau
Bad Saulgau is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 23 km east of Sigmaringen, and 27 km north of Ravensburg between the Danube and Lake Constance.
Geography
Bad Saulgau is located n ...
is wiped out.
* March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
– Jewish persecutions during the Black Death: Erfurt massacre – The Jewish community of Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in ...
(Germany) is murdered and expelled in a pogrom.
* March 27 – An earthquake in England strikes Meaux Abbey
Meaux Abbey (archaic, also referred to as ''Melsa'') was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1151 by William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle (Count of Aumale), Earl of York and 4th Lord of Holderness, near Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Englan ...
.
* May
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May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...
– The Black Death ceases in Ireland.
* May 28 – In Breslau, Silesia, 60 Jews are murdered following a disastrous fire which destroys part of the city.
* August 24 – The Black Death breaks out in Elbing ( Poland).
* September 9 – 1349 Apennine earthquakes
Year 1349 ( MCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 22 – An earthquake affects L'Aquila in southern Italy with a maximum Merc ...
. An earthquake in Rome causes extensive damage, including the collapse of the southern exterior facade of the Colosseum.
* October 20 – Pope Clement VI publishes a papal bull that condemns the Flagellant
Flagellants are practitioners of a form of mortification of the flesh by whipping their skin with various instruments of penance. Many Christian confraternities of penitents have flagellants, who beat themselves, both in the privacy of their dwel ...
s.
* November 8 – Ibn Battuta
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah (, ; 24 February 13041368/1369),; fully: ; Arabic: commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Berbers, Berber Maghrebi people, Maghrebi scholar and explorer who travelled extensively in the lands of Afro-Eurasia, ...
arrives in Fez, Morocco
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...
.
* November 17 – Pope Clement VI annuls the marriage of William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, 4th Baron Montagu, King of Mann, KG (25 June 1328 – 3 June 1397) was an English nobleman and commander in the English army during King Edward III's French campaigns in the Hundred Years War. He was one ...
, and Joan of Kent, on the grounds of her prior marriage to Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent.
* December 22 – The rise of Alexios III of Trebizond to the throne ends the Trapezuntine Civil Wars.
Ongoing
* The Black Death in England spreads to the north and a ship from England carries it to Askøy and Bjørgvin (modern-day Bergen) in Norway.Kingdom of Navarre
The Kingdom of Navarre (; , , , ), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (), was a Basque kingdom that occupied lands on both sides of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France.
The medieval state took ...
.
Births
*
September 9 – Duke
Albert III of Austria
Albert III of Austria (9 September 1349 – 29 August 1395), known as Albert with the Braid (Pigtail) (german: Albrecht mit dem Zopf), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1365 until his death.
Biography
Albert III was ...
(d.
1395
Year 1395 ( MCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1395th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 395th year of the 2nd millennium, the 95th year ...
)
* ''date unknown''
** Friar John, Minister of the Friars Preachers of Ireland (alive
1405
Year 1405 ( MCDV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1405th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 405th year of the 2nd millennium, the 5th year ...
)
**
Venerable Macarius of Yellow Lake and Unzha, semi-legendary Russian saint (d.
1444
Year 1444 ( MCDXLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+(-100(C)+500(D))+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1444. ...
)
Deaths
*
February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
–
Fatima bint al-Ahmar, Nasrid princess in the Emirate of Granada (b. c.1260)
*
April 3 –
Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b.
1295
Year 1295 ( MCCXCV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* April 25 – King Sancho IV (the Brave) dies of a fatal illness (possibly tuberc ...
)
*
May 31 –
Thomas Wake, English politician (b.
1297
Year 1297 ( MCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* January 8 – Guelph forces led by the Genoese leader François Grimaldi (Maliz ...
)
*
June –
John Clyn
John Clyn, O.F.M. (c. 1286 – c. 1349), of the Friars Minor, Kilkenny, was a 14th-century Irish friar and chronicler who lived at the time of the Black Death.
Background
Clyn was probably born in Leinster some years prior to 1300, possibly at ...
, Irish Franciscan friar and chronicler
*
June 14 –
Günther von Schwarzburg, German king (b.
1304
Year 1304 ( MCCCIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Skafida: Emperor Michael IX (Palaiologos) sends a Byzantine expedit ...
)
*
August 26 –
Thomas Bradwardine
Thomas Bradwardine (c. 1300 – 26 August 1349) was an English cleric, scholar, mathematician, physicist, courtier and, very briefly, Archbishop of Canterbury. As a celebrated scholastic philosopher and doctor of theology, he is often call ...
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
*
September 11 –
Bonne of Luxembourg, queen of
John II of France (b.
1315
Year 1315 ( MCCCXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* May 9 – Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of Burgundy.
* August – Louis X is crowne ...
)
*
September 30
Events Pre-1600
* 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.
* 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their b ...
–
Richard Rolle
Richard Rolle ( – 30 September 1349) was an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer. He is also known as Richard Rolle of Hampole or de Hampole, since at the end of his life he lived near a Cistercian nunnery in Hampole, now in Sou ...
, English religious writer (b. c.
1300
Year 1300 ( MCCC) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1300th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 300th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th ...
)
*
October 6 –
Joan II of Navarre, daughter of
Louis X of France (b.
1311
Year 1311 ( MCCCXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 6 – Henry VII is crowned King of Italy in Milan, and on February 12 cru ...
)
*
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
–
James III of Majorca
James III ( – ), known as James the Rash (or the Unfortunate), was King of Majorca from 1324 to 1344. He was the son of Ferdinand of Majorca and Isabella of Sabran.
Life
James was born in Catania, Sicily. Margaret of Villehardouin, James's ...
(b.
1315
Year 1315 ( MCCCXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* May 9 – Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of Burgundy.
* August – Louis X is crowne ...
)
*
November 18 –
Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Frederick II (; 30 November 1310 – 18 November 1349) was the margrave of Meissen from 1323 until his death.
Early life
Frederick was born on 30 November 1310 in Gotha. His parents were Margrave Frederick I of Meissen and Elisabeth von Lobd ...
(b.
1310
Year 1310 ( MCCCX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Siege of Algeciras: Castilian forces led by King Ferdinand IV (the Summ ...
)
* ''date unknown'' –
Hamdallah Mustawfi, Persian historian and geographer (b.
1281
Year 1281 ( MCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Siege of Berat: A Byzantine relief force under Michael Ta ...
)
* ''probable'' –
William of Ockham, English philosopher (b.
1285
Year 1285 ( MCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Aragonese Crusade: French forces led by King Philip III (the Bold) entrench before Gi ...
)
References
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