in the 1340sinDenmark. Monarch – Valdemar IV of Denmark 1340 1 April – Niels Ebbesen and his men kill Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in Randers...
The 1340s was a decade that began on 1 January 1340 and ended on 31 December 1349. It was in the midst of a period in human history often referred to...
of Denmark, c.1300 Seal of Valdemar IV Atterdag (reigned 1340–75), early 1340s Fresco of Valdemar IV Atterdag as king. Notice the crest on the Danish coat...
Prince (1386–1394, 1397–1418) Vlad I the Usurper, Prince (1394–1397) DenmarkDenmark (complete list) – Eric VI, King (1286–1319) Christopher II, King (...
in Europe; his reign also saw vital developments in legislation and government—in particular the evolution of the English parliament. From the 1340s the...
and Cao, see the 1333 outbreak as a prelude to the outbreaks in Europe from the late 1340s to the early 1350s, scholars of the Yuan and Ming periods remain...
Saxonum (1340s) and the Gesta Danorum pa Danskæ (not to be confused with Saxo's work of the same title). The latter is a text in Old Danish, written in Lund...
Herzegovina) from the Serbian Nemanjić dynasty. In the 1340s, Franciscan missions were launched against alleged "heresy" in Bosnia; prior to this, there had been...
('Easterlings'). In 1260, Henry III granted them a charter of protection and land for their Kontor, the Steelyard of London, which by the 1340s was also called...
be hired as apprentices. As happened with the Bardi and Peruzzi firms in the 1340s when King Edward III of England repudiated their loans to him. The most...
point in the Hundred Years' War which marks the rise of the longbow as a dominant weapon in Western Europe. 1346: King Valdemar IV of Denmark sells the...
and illustrator Claus Sluter (1340s-1405 or 1406), Dutch sculptor Claus Spreckels (1828–1908), major industrialist in Hawai'i and California Claus Schenk...
in the South and Savoy in the West, and the Rhine and Central Germany from Northern France, and Northern Germany from Denmark. It continued from the Empire...
Lithuanians, and thus reduce Novgorod's wealth and overall security. In the 1330s and 1340s, King Magnus Eriksson of Norway and Sweden launched a crusade against...
realm into one single dynasty, establishing Qin as the first imperial dynasty in 221 BC, the year where the Chinese Empire was first established. The Chinese...
first in the 1938 film Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Eisenstein. According to the Livonian Order's Livonian Rhymed Chronicle, written in the late 1340s: The...
conversion. Maghrebi/Berber theory Arab interest in the Maldives also was reflected in the residence there in the 1340s of Ibn Battutah. The well-known Moroccan...
in Greek philosophy. St Gregory defended Hesychasm in the 1340s at three different synods in Constantinople, and he also wrote a number of works in its...
The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang is founded by Fa Ngum. March – Margaret I of Denmark, queen of Haakon VI of Norway (d. 1412) July 15 – Vladimir the Bold, Russian...
in Central Italy, and the Maritime republics in the north. The Black Plague ravaged Europe during the 1340s–50s, wiping out almost half the continent's...
Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images. Persian paintings of the 1330s and 1340s (PDF). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 12. Christopher P. Atwood...
plural). Wodwos occurs in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1390). The Middle English word is first attested for the 1340s, in references to the wild...
virtually destroyed, and both of its commanders are killed. Valdemar IV of Denmark, son of deceased King Christopher II, is elected to the throne, following...