1340s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1310s 1320s 1330s – 1340s – 1350s 1360s 1370s
Years:	1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348 1349
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments

Deaths

The Black Death spreads across Europe.
The Battle of Sluys is fought between the ships of the navy of the Kingdom of England and those of the Kingdom of France.
August 26, 1346: Edward III of England defeats Philip VI of France at the Battle of Crécy. This battle is famous for the destruction of the French cavalry by English longbowmen. This was also the first time cannons were used in battle.

The political configuration of Asia in the mid-1340s
Flooding of the Yellow River posed a serious problem for the Yuan administration, effecting a recentralisation and regulation of power by the end of the decade
A gold noble of Edward III; his arms show his claim to both France and England
Danish Estonia was sold to the Teutonic Order after the rebellion of 1343–1346.
A "veche" or popular assembly of the Pskov Republic, which officially became independent by the Treaty of Bolotovo in 1348
A billon coin of Alfonso XI, dated circa 1345.
Spread of plague in the 1340s:* 1347 mid-1348 early-1349 late-1349 Areas that escaped with minor plague outbreak
Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 69r, Herr Werner von Teufen
The western façade of Notre Dame de Paris, completed in 1345

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1310s 1320s 1330s – 1340s – 1350s 1360s 1370s
Years:	1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348 1349
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments