1339 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1300s  1310s  1320s  – 1330s –  1340s  1350s  1360s
Years:	1336 1337 1338 – 1339 – 1340 1341 1342

Events

• 23 September – Simone Boccanegra elected to be the first Doge of Genoa.
• Emperor Go-Murakami ascends to the throne of Japan.
• Kashmir is conquered by Muslims.

Births

• July 23 – King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)
• November 1 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (died 1365)
• Pope Alexander V (died 1410)
• John V, Duke of Brittany (died 1399)
• Eric XII of Sweden (died 1359)

Deaths

• February 17 – Duke Otto of Austria (born 1301)
• May 26 – Aldona Ona, Queen of Poland
• September 19 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (born 1288)
• Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1260)

Images for kids

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  Emperor Go-Daigo