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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1338''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXXXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==

* [[October 5]] – [[Hundred Years' War]], [[English Channel naval campaign, 1338–1339|English Channel naval campaign]]: [[Southampton]] is destroyed.

=== Date unknown ===
*  [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] appoints [[Edward III of England]] as a vicar-general of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Louis supports Edward's claim to the French throne, under the terms of the Treaty of Koblenz.
* [[Philip VI of France]] besieges [[Guienne]] in Southwest [[Kingdom of France|France]], and his navy attacks [[Portsmouth]], [[Kingdom of England|England]].
* [[Ashikaga Takauji]] is granted the title of ''[[shōgun]]'' by the emperor of Japan, starting the [[Ashikaga Shogunate]].
* [[Nicomedia]] is captured by the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* A [[Black Death]] plague strain originates near [[Lake Issyk-Kul]] in modern [[Kyrgyzstan]], according to [[Syriac language|Syriac]] tombstone inscriptions and genetic material from exhumed bodies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/health/black-death-plague-source-identified-scn/index.html|title=DNA analysis reveals source of Black Death|last=Hunt|first=Katie|date=2022-06-15|website=CNN|accessdate=2022-06-15}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[January 13]] – [[Chŏng Mong-ju]], Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (d. 1392) 
* [[January 21]] – [[Charles V of France]] (d. [[1380]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles V {{!}} king of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-V-king-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] – [[Joanna of Bourbon]], queen consort of France (d. [[1378]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Emperor Go-Kōgon]] of Japan, [[Northern Court]] emperor during a conflict between two imperial lines (d. [[1374]])
* [[October 5]] – [[Alexios III of Trebizond]] (d. [[1390]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence]] (d. [[1368]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March]] (d. [[1420]])
** [[Muhammed V, Sultan of Granada]] (d. [[1391]])
** [[Niccolò II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara]] (d. [[1388]])
** [[Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros]] (d. [[1383]])
** [[Margaret de Stafford]] (d. [[1396]])
** [[Tvrtko I of Bosnia]] (d. [[1391]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 8]] – [[Stephen Gravesend]], Bishop of London 
* [[April 24]] – [[Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat]] (b. c. [[1270]])
* May – [[John Wishart (bishop)|John Wishart]], Scottish bishop 
* [[May 5]] – [[Prince Tsunenaga]], son of the Japanese Emperor (b. [[1324]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel]], English noble (b. [[1287]])
* [[June 10]] – [[Kitabatake Akiie]], Japanese governor (b. [[1318]]; d. in battle)
* [[July]] – [[Muhammad Khan (Ilkhan)|Muhammad Khan]], Persian monarch
* [[August 4]] – [[Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk]] (b. [[1300]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Nitta Yoshisada]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1301]]; d. in battle)
* [[August 22]] – [[William II, Duke of Athens]] (b. [[1312]])
* [[December 21]] – [[Thomas Hemenhale]], Bishop of Worcester
* ''date unknown''
** [[Alfonso Fadrique]], Sicilian noble
** [[Awhadi Maraghai]], Persian poet
** [[Marino Sanuto the Elder]], Venetian statesman and geographer (b. c. [[1260]])
** [[Nitta Yoshiaki]], Japanese samurai
* ''probable'' – [[Prince Narinaga]], Japanese ''shōgun'' (b. [[1325]])

== References ==
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