1347 (MCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1347th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 347th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 14th century, and the 8th year of the 1340s decade. As of the start of 1347, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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1347 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1347
MCCCXLVII
Ab urbe condita2100
Armenian calendar796
ԹՎ ՉՂԶ
Assyrian calendar6097
Balinese saka calendar1268–1269
Bengali calendar754
Berber calendar2297
English Regnal year20 Edw. 3  21 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar1891
Burmese calendar709
Byzantine calendar6855–6856
Chinese calendar丙戌(Fire Dog)
4043 or 3983
     to 
丁亥年 (Fire Pig)
4044 or 3984
Coptic calendar1063–1064
Discordian calendar2513
Ethiopian calendar1339–1340
Hebrew calendar5107–5108
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1403–1404
 - Shaka Samvat1268–1269
 - Kali Yuga4447–4448
Holocene calendar11347
Igbo calendar347–348
Iranian calendar725–726
Islamic calendar747–748
Japanese calendarJōwa 3
(貞和3年)
Javanese calendar1259–1260
Julian calendar1347
MCCCXLVII
Korean calendar3680
Minguo calendar565 before ROC
民前565年
Nanakshahi calendar−121
Thai solar calendar1889–1890
Tibetan calendar阳火狗年
(male Fire-Dog)
1473 or 1092 or 320
     to 
阴火猪年
(female Fire-Pig)
1474 or 1093 or 321
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Events

  • The Black Death ravages Europe (1347-1351)
  • Roman Commoner Cola di Rienzo proclaims himself a new Roman dictator in Capitoline Hill in Rome; Pope Clement VI denounces him as a pagan and a heretic and he is driven out of the city by the end of the year

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