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| Gregorian calendar | 1346 MCCCXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2099 |
| Armenian calendar | 795 ԹՎ ՉՂԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6096 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1267–1268 |
| Bengali calendar | 752–753 |
| Berber calendar | 2296 |
| English Regnal year | 19 Edw. 3 – 20 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1890 |
| Burmese calendar | 708 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6854–6855 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4043 or 3836 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4044 or 3837 |
| Coptic calendar | 1062–1063 |
| Discordian calendar | 2512 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1338–1339 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5106–5107 |
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| - Vikram Samvat | 1402–1403 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1267–1268 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4446–4447 |
| Holocene calendar | 11346 |
| Igbo calendar | 346–347 |
| Iranian calendar | 724–725 |
| Islamic calendar | 746–747 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 2 (貞和２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1258–1259 |
| Julian calendar | 1346 MCCCXLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3679 |
| Minguo calendar | 566 before ROC 民前566年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −122 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1888–1889 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1472 or 1091 or 319 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1473 or 1092 or 320 |
Events
- July 11 - Charles IV of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- August 26 - Battle of Crecy after which Edward the Black Prince honoured the bravery of John I, Count of Luxemburg and King of Bohemia also known as John the Blind who was killed in the fighting, by adopting his arms and motto "Ich Dien" or "I Serve"
In addition to the victory at Crecy, the English armies have an annus mirabilis, with further victories over the French at Caen and near Calais, over Scotland at the Battle of Neville's Cross and the Bretons at the Battle of St Pol de Leon during the Hundred Years' War.
- Serbian Empire was proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of the South-Eastern Europe.
- Foundation of the University of Valladolid.
- Foundation of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
- The Teutonic Knights bought Estonia from Denmark. See Danish Estonia.
- King Edward III reneges on his loans, plunging many banks and the cities around them into an economic depression(see reference).
Births
- Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (died 1397)
- Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (died 1361)
- Eustache Deschamps, French poet (died 1405)
- John I, Duke of Lorraine (died 1390)
Deaths
- August 26 - Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
- Charles II of Alençon (b. 1297)
- Louis I of Flanders (born 1304)
- John I, Count of Luxemburg (born 1296)
- Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (born 1320)
- John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
References
- MacKenny, Richard; The City State, 1500-1700. Humanities Press International, Inc: Atlantic Highlands, NJ.