1341

Year 1341 (MCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Year 1341 Overview

The year 1341 (MCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Notable Events

  • January 1 – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) affects the Crimea (disputed event).
  • January 18 – The Queen’s College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, is founded.
  • April 8 – Petrarch is crowned poet laureate in Rome, becoming the first man since antiquity to receive this honor.
  • September–October – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 begins, pitting John VI Kantakouzenos against the regency for the infant John V Palaiologos.
  • Date Unknown – The Breton War of Succession commences, resulting from disputes over the control of the Duchy of Brittany.
  • Date Unknown – Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, expels her husband John Henry of Bohemia, leading to her subsequent marriage to Louis of Bavaria and their excommunication.
  • Date Unknown – Tbilisi becomes a capital of the European Christian cathedral after Smirna, with George V (the Brilliant) returning Jerusalem and the Grave of Christ from the Muslims.
  • Date Unknown – Saluzzo is sacked by Manfred V of Saluzzo.
  • Date Unknown – Casimir III of Poland constructs a masonry castle in Lublin, encircling the city with defensive walls.
  • Date Unknown – The sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughluq, selects Ibn Battuta to lead a diplomatic mission to the Yuan Dynasty in China.
  • Date Unknown – A significant flood in the river Periyar in modern-day southern India leads to the river changing course, resulting in the closing of Muziris and the opening of Cochin (Kochi) harbor.
  • Date Unknown – Chinese poet Zhang Xian writes about the destructive use of gunpowder and cannons in the Iron Cannon Affair.
  • Approximate Date – The Country Law of Magnus IV of Sweden is promulgated.
  • Date Unknown – Valdemar IV Atterdag, the Danish king, sells southern Halland for 8000 marks to king Magnus Eriksson of Sweden to finance the reunification of Denmark.
  • Date Unknown – Saint Bridget of Sweden and her husband Ulf Gudmarsson embark on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Births

  • June 5 – Edmund of Langley, son of King Edward III of England (d. 1402)
  • September 1 – Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (d. 1377)
  • November 10 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408)
  • Date Unknown – Bonne of Bourbon, Countess regent of Savoy (d. 1402)
  • Date Unknown – Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1413)
  • Date Unknown – Louis, Duke of Durazzo (d. 1376)
  • Date Unknown – Qu You, Chinese novelist (d. 1427)

Deaths

  • January 22 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
  • March 2 or October 3 – Martha of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (b. 1277)
  • April 30 – John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1286)
  • June – Al-Nasir Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt (b. 1295)
  • June 15 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1297)
  • June 19 – Juliana Falconieri, Italian saint (b. 1270)
  • August 9 – Eleanor of Anjou, queen consort of Sicily (b. 1289)
  • August 28 – King Levon IV of Armenia (murdered) (b. 1309)
  • December – Gediminas, Duke of Lithuania
  • December 4 – Janisław, Archbishop of Gniezno
  • Date Unknown – Petrus Filipsson, Archbishop of Uppsala
  • Date Unknown – Uzbeg Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde (b. 1282)
  • Date Unknown – Nicholas I Sanudo, Duke of the Archipelago
  • Date Unknown – Bartholomew II Ghisi, Lord of Tenos and Mykonos (Triarch of Negroponte)
  • Probable – Richard Folville, English outlaw and parson (resisting arrest)

References

For further information and historical context, additional sources should be consulted.