Years: 1345 1346 1347 - 1348 - 1349 1350 1351

Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s - 1340s - 1350s 1360s 1370s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

• April 7 - Charles University is founded in Prague.
• Beginning of Black Death epidemic in central and western Europe
• End of the reign of Emperor Komyo of Japan, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
• Start of the reign of Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
• May - Black Death reaches England
• First known European paper factory in France

Births

• John Fitzalan, Marshal of England (approximate date).

Deaths

• Emperor Hanazono of Japan
• John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury