1348

1348 (MCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1348th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 348th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 14th century, and the 9th year of the 1340s decade. As of the start of 1348, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1310s  1320s  1330s  – 1340s –  1350s  1360s  1370s
Years:	1345 1346 1347 – 1348 – 1349 1350 1351

1348 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1348 MCCCXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	2101
Armenian calendar	797 ԹՎ ՉՂԷ
Assyrian calendar	6098
Balinese saka calendar	1269–1270
Bengali calendar	755
Berber calendar	2298
English Regnal year	21 Edw. 3 – 22 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1892
Burmese calendar	710
Byzantine calendar	6856–6857
Chinese calendar	丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4044 or 3984     — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4045 or 3985
Coptic calendar	1064–1065
Discordian calendar	2514
Ethiopian calendar	1340–1341
Hebrew calendar	5108–5109
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1404–1405
- Shaka Samvat	1269–1270
- Kali Yuga	4448–4449
Holocene calendar	11348
Igbo calendar	348–349
Iranian calendar	726–727
Islamic calendar	748–749
Japanese calendar	Jōwa 4 (貞和４年)
Javanese calendar	1260–1261
Julian calendar	1348 MCCCXLVIII
Korean calendar	3681
Minguo calendar	564 before ROC 民前564年
Nanakshahi calendar	−120
Thai solar calendar	1890–1891
Tibetan calendar	阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1474 or 1093 or 321     — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1475 or 1094 or 322

Events

• April 7 – Charles University is founded in Prague.
• June 24 – Black Death outbreak in full swing in Melcombe Regis (modern-day Weymouth, Dorset in England)
• July 6 – Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews against popular aggression during the Black Death epidemic.
• Beginning of Black Death epidemic in central and western Europe
• End of the reign of Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
• Start of the reign of Emperor Sukō, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
• May – Black Death reaches England
• Edward III of England creates the first English order of chivalry, the Order of the Garter
• Pskov gains independence from the Novgorod Republic with the treaty of Bolotovo; Pskov Republic formed.
• Black Death in Cairo.
• Estimation: Hangzhou in Yuan Dynasty China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Cairo, capital of Mamluk Egypt.^[1]
• Truce between England and France until 1532.
• Gonville Hall, the forerunner of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge was founded.

Births

• John Fitzalan, 1st Lord Arundel (died 1379)

Deaths

• February 2 – Narymunt, Prince of Pinsk
• December 2 – Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (born 1297)
• Laura, beloved of Petrarch (born 1310)
• John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (born 1290)
• Pietro Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (born 1280)
• Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1270)

References

1. Matt T. Rosenberg. "Largest Cities Through History". About.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2012.