1347
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| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s - 1340s - 1350s 1360s 1370s |
| Years: | 1344 1345 1346 - 1347 - 1348 1349 1350 |
| 1347 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1347 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1347
- The Black Death ravages Europe (1347-1351).
- October - Genoese ships traveling from the Crimea bring the bubonic plague to Messina, from which it spreads across Sicily and in Italy.
- 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.
- Hundred Years War: The English defeat the French at the Battle of Croytoye.
- John VI Kantakouzenos becomes joint Byzantine Emperor after civil war with the regency of the young Emperor John V Palaiologos.
| Gregorian calendar | 1347 MCCCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2100 |
| Armenian calendar | 796 ԹՎ ՉՂԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -497 – -496 |
| Berber calendar | 2297 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1891 |
| Burmese calendar | 709 |
| Chinese calendar | 3983/4043-11-20 (丙戌年十一月二十日) — to —
3984/4044-11-29(丁亥年十一月廿九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1063 – 1064 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1339 – 1340 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5107 – 5108 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1402 – 1403 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1269 – 1270 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4448 – 4449 |
| Holocene calendar | 11347 |
| Iranian calendar | 725 – 726 |
| Islamic calendar | 747 – 748 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3680 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1890 |
- James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde, is granted his "regalities" by Edward III.
[edit] Births
- March 25 - Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380)
- Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia (d. 1404)
[edit] Deaths
- October 11 - Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
- Adam Murimuth, English ecclesiastic and chronicler (b. 1274)
- John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey (b. 1286)
- Hazrat Shah Jalal, sufi saint of Bengal (b. 1271)
- William of Ockham, English Philosopher (b. 1288)
- Saint Flora, Catholic patroness of abandoned convents, single women & victims of betrayal
