Editing 1347 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Charles University]] in [[Prague]] is founded by a [[Papal bull|bull]] issued by [[Pope Clement VI]], at the request of [[Charles I, King of Bohemia]].
* [[February 2]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347]] between [[John VI Kantakouzenos]] and the regency for [[John V Palaiologos]] ends with Kantakouzenos entering [[Constantinople]].
* [[February 26]] &ndash; The [[Maona of Chios and Phocaea]] is formed to manage the overseas possessions of the [[Republic of Genoa]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Vitale|first=Vito Antonio|title=Vignoso, Simone|encyclopedia=[[Enciclopedia Italiana]]|year=1937|language=Italian|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/simone-vignoso_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Setton|first=Kenneth M.|year=1976|title=The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume I: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries|location=Philadelphia|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=0-87169-114-0|page=207}}</ref>
* [[April]] &ndash; The [[Knights Hospitaller]] defeat a [[Turkey|Turkish]] fleet, and sink 100 ships off [[Imbros]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lock|first=Peter|title=The Routledge Companion to the Crusades|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-1135131371|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AkCKZ9Hs4-QC|page=127}}</ref>
* [[May]]
** The agreement reorganizing the Byzantine Empire's affairs is finalized, as [[Anna of Savoy]]'s son [[John V Palaiologos]] marries Kantakouzenos' 15-year-old daughter [[Helena Kantakouzene|Helena]].
** Genoese ships fleeing the [[1331]] [[Black Death]] plague in [[Kaffa (city)|Theodosia]] stop in Constantinople, contaminating the city.
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Cola di Rienzo]], a Roman commoner, declares himself Emperor of Rome, in response to years of baronial power struggles.
* [[August 2]] &ndash; The Islamic [[Bahmani Kingdom]] is established on the Indian subcontinent.
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: The English win the city of [[Calais]].
* [[September 1]] &ndash; The Black Death reaches the French port city of [[Marseille]].
* [[October]] &ndash; Ships arrive in the [[Sicily|Sicilian]] city of [[Messina]], carrying people afflicted by the [[Black Death]] onboard.
* [[November]]
** Pope [[Clement VI]] unites several of Rome's upper-class nobility, who drive Cola di Rienzo out of the city.
** King Phillip of France meets with the [[Estates General (France)|Estates General]] to ask for funds to further the war effort against the English.
* [[November 1]] &ndash; The Black Death spreads to [[Aix-en-Provence]] in [[Kingdom of France|France]].
* [[December]] &ndash; Plague hits the island of [[Mallorca]].
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Pembroke College, Cambridge|Pembroke College]] in the [[University of Cambridge]], England, is founded by [[Marie de St Pol]], Countess of Pembroke, as the Hall of Valence Marie.
* [[December 25]] &ndash; The first cases of the plague are recorded in the city of [[Split (city)|Split]], in [[Croatia]].
* [[December 27]] &ndash; To fund military operations in Corsica, the Republic of Genoa has to borrow at 20%, from an association of creditors known as the ''Compera nuova acquisitionis Corsicæ''.<ref name="Canale 1864">{{cite book|last=Canale|first=Michele Giuseppe|title=Nuova Istoria della repubblica di Genova. Epoca quarta (1339–1528): I dogi popolari|year=1864|publisher=Felice Le Monnier|location=Florence|pages=151|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W_MNAQAAIAAJ&q=giovanni+valente+1353+genova}}</ref></onlyinclude>