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 |
| 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 |
- 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.
- John Fitzalan, 1st Lord Arundel (died 1379)
- 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)
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