1350 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1320s  1330s  1340s  – 1350s –  1360s  1370s  1380s
Years:	1347 1348 1349 – 1350 – 1351 1352 1353

Events

• England invades France
• 29 August – An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer.
• Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire.
• The Black Death ravages Europe. (1347-1351)
• The Black Death first appears in Scotland.

Births

• January 23 – Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (died 1419)
• October 12 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Muscovy and Vladimir (died 1389)
• Pierre d'Ailly, French theologian (died 1420)
• John I of Aragon (died 1395)
• Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia (died 1404)
• Pope Boniface IX, second Roman pope of the Western Schism (died 1404)
• Jehuda Cresques, Catalan cartographer (died 1427)
• Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (died 1405)
• Agnolo Gaddi, Italian painter (died 1396)
• William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England (approximate date; died 1419)
• Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (died 1397)
• Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (died 1425)
• John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; died 1400)
• Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (died 1425)
• John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (approximate date; died 1414)
• Ralph Strode, English scholar (died 1400)
• Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt (approximate date; died 1403)
• Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (died 1415)
• Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London (died 1423)
• William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (died 1399)
• Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish historian (died 1420)

Deaths

• March 26 – Alfonso XI of Castile (born 1311)
• April 3 – Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (born 1295)
• August 22 – Philip VI of France (born 1293)
• Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu
• Jean de Marigny, French bishop
• Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (approximate date; born c. 1283)
• Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn, last Gaelic Mormaer of Strathearn
• Namdev, Marathi saint and poet (born 1270)