Editing 1348 (section)

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January]] &ndash; Gonville Hall, the forerunner of [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]], England, is founded.
* [[January 25]] &ndash; The 6.9-magnitude [[1348 Friuli earthquake]] centered in Northern Italy is felt across Europe. Contemporary minds link the quake with the [[Black Death]], fueling fears that the Biblical Apocalypse has arrived.
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Battle of Strėva]]: the [[Teutonic Order]] secure a victory over the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]]. Sources tell of a blow to Lithuanian leadership, one that the Teutonic Order could not fully make use of due to the Black Death.<ref>Sužiedėlis, Simas, ed. (1970–1978). "Strėva, Battle of". Encyclopedia Lituanica. Vol. V. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. pp. 308–309. LCCN 74-114275.</ref><ref>Baranauskienė, Inga (2002-12-07). "Kęstutis ir Algirdas: 1344–1345 m. perversmas ir valdžios dalybos". Voruta (in Lithuanian). 23 (521).</ref>
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Charles University]] in [[Prague]], founded the previous year by [[papal bull]], is granted privileges by [[Charles I, King of Bohemia]], in a [[golden bull]].<ref>"Littera fundationis Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis" (in Latin). 7 April 1348.</ref>
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Edward III of England]] creates the first English order of chivalry, the [[Most Noble Order of the Garter]].
* By [[June 24]] &ndash; The [[Black Death]] pandemic reaches [[Kingdom of England|England]],<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/161|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/161 161–164]}}</ref> having probably been brought across the [[English Channel]] by fleas on rats aboard a ship from [[Gascony]] to the south coast port of [[Melcombe Regis|Melcombe]] (modern-day [[Weymouth, Dorset]]);<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gransden|first=Antonia|year=1957|title=A Fourteenth-Century Chronicle from the Grey Friars at Lynn|journal=[[English Historical Review]]|volume=lxxii|page=274|doi=10.1093/ehr/lxxii.cclxxxiii.270}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Black Death|first=Mike|last=Ibeji|date=2011-03-10|work=History|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2020-04-12|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml}}</ref> by November it will have reached [[London]] and by [[1350]] will have killed one third to a half of its population.
* [[July 6]] &ndash; A papal bull is issued by [[Pope Clement VI]], [[anti-Semitism|protecting Jews]] against popular aggression during the Black Death pandemic.
* [[November 1]] &ndash; The anti-royalist [[Union of Valencia]] attacks the [[Jews]] of [[Murviedro]] because they are [[serf]]s of the [[King of Valencia]] and thus "royalists".
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kōmyō]] of Japan abdicates the throne in favour of his son [[Emperor Sukō]], making them the second and third of the [[Northern Court]] (Ashikaga Pretenders).<ref>Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 82,86. ISBN 0804705259.</ref>