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* [[Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)]] is probably granted control of [[Çimpe Castle]] on the [[Gallipoli]] peninsula by Emperor [[John VI Kantakouzenos]], the first territory west of the [[Bosporus]] held by the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>Nicolle, David; Hook, Adam. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=C9UVaLyo4UEC&pg=PA8 Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.'' Osprey Publishing, 2010. Accessed 3 Sept 2011.</ref></onlyinclude>
* The [[Bengal Sultanate]] is formed after the realms of [[Satgaon]], [[Gauḍa (city)|Lakhnauti]] and [[Sonargaon]] are united under [[Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah]].
* Coming from Hungary, the noble Vlach [[Dragoş]] becomes the first [[voivode]] of [[Moldova]], being seen as the founder of this principality (some scholars place this moment as early as [[1345]]).
* Following the death of his father [[Basarab I of Wallachia|Basarab]], [[Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia|Nicholas Alexander]] becomes voivode of [[Wallachia]], after being co-ruler for about eight years.
* The town of [[Biel/Bienne]], Switzerland, finalizes its alliance with the city of [[Bern]].
* [[Lionel of Antwerp]] marries Elizabeth, daughter of [[William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster]].
* [[Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham]] becomes a Companion of the [[Order of the Garter|Most Noble Order of the Garter]] of England.
* The [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]]; the Metropolitan of Halych begins to relocate back to [[Kyiv]], after having moved to [[Halych]] in [[1299]]. Thereafter, the Metropolitan will hold the title of Metropolitan of Kiev-Halych and All Rus.
* After years of begging and being a [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk, the penniless [[China|Chinese]] peasant [[Zhu Yuanzhang]] joins the [[Red Turban Rebellions]] against the Mongol-led [[Yuan dynasty]] of China; he will later become the first emperor of the [[Ming dynasty]].<ref>Bowman, John Stewart, ed. (2000). Columbia chronologies of Asian history and culture. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 39. ISBN 978-0231500043. OCLC 51542679.</ref>
* [[:File:Tommaso da modena, ritratti di domenicani (Ugo di Provenza) 1352 150cm, treviso, ex convento di san niccolò, sala del capitolo.jpg|Earliest surviving illustration of someone wearing spectacles]], a fresco in the chapter house of the Dominican convent of San Nicolò, [[Treviso]] by [[Tommaso da Modena]] (anachronistically{{dubious|date=September 2022|reason=There are reports a monk in northern Italy was making and giving away glasses about the time of Hugh of Siant-Cher about 50 years before the painting}}) depicting [[Hugh of Saint-Cher]].
* Moroccan traveller [[Ibn Battuta]] reports the existence of the [[Xalam|ngoni]] and [[balafon]] musical instruments, at the court of [[Mansa Musa]].