1338 CE

Hundred Years' War, English Channel naval campaign: Southampton is destroyed. A Black Death plague strain originates near Lake Issyk-Kul in modern Kyrgyzstan, according to Syriac tombstone inscriptions and genetic material from exhumed bodies. Edmond de Burgh, son of the 2nd Earl of Ulster, is drowned in Lough Mask by his cousins Edmond Albanach de Burgh and his brother Raymond "who fastened a stone to his neck ... The destruction of the English of Connacht, and of his own in particular, resulted from this deed." King Toirdhealbhach of Connacht expels Edmund to western isles of Connacht "after the territories and churches of Iar Connacht (the west of Connacht) had been greatly destroyed between them;" Toirdhelbhach "then assumed the sway of the whole province." Edmund collects a "large fleet of ships and barks ... and he remained for a long time on the islands of the sea.".

In the 1330s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Hundred Years' War: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor appoints Edward III of England as a vicar-general of the Holy Roman Empire. Louis supports Edward's claim to the French throne, under the terms of the Treaty of Koblenz.source
  • Irish attack and expel the Anglo-Irish of Luighne and Corann (County Sligo) and retake their hereditary landsIrelandsource

Conflict & Security

  • October 5 – Hundred Years' War, English Channel naval campaign: Southampton is destroyed.source
  • Ashikaga Takauji is granted the title of shōgun by the emperor of Japan, starting the Ashikaga Shogunate.source
  • Philip VI of France besieges Guienne in Southwest France, and his navy attacks Portsmouth, England.source
  • Nicomedia is captured by the Ottoman Empire.source
  • Edmond de Burgh, son of the 2nd Earl of Ulster, is drowned in Lough Mask by his cousins Edmond Albanach de Burgh and his brother Raymond "who fastened a stone to his neck ... The destruction of the English of Connacht, and of his own in particular, resulted from this deed." King Toirdhealbhach of Connacht expels Edmund to western isles of Connacht "after the territories and churches of Iar Connacht (the west of Connacht) had been greatly destroyed between them;" Toirdhelbhach "then assumed the sway of the whole province." Edmund collects a "large fleet of ships and barks ... and he remained for a long time on the islands of the sea."Irelandsource
  • Matilda, countess of Ulster, offers to surrender lands in Ulster for others in EnglandIrelandsource

Religion & Belief

  • Robert de Henningsberg appointed Lord Chancellor of IrelandIrelandsource

Health & Medicine

  • A Black Death plague strain originates near Lake Issyk-Kul in modern Kyrgyzstan, according to Syriac tombstone inscriptions and genetic material from exhumed bodies.source

Crime & Justice

  • Justiciar de Charleton campaigns against the Leinster IrishIrelandsource

Births

  • January 13 – Chŏng Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (died 1392)source
  • January 21 – Charles V of France (died 1380)source
  • February 3 – Joanna of Bourbon, queen consort of France (died 1378)source
  • March 23 – Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan, Northern Court emperor during a conflict between two imperial lines (died 1374)source
  • October 5 – Alexios III of Trebizond (died 1390)source
  • November 29 – Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (died 1368)source
  • Niccolò II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (died 1388)source
  • Muhammad V of Granada, Sultan (died 1391)source
  • George Dunbar, 10th Earl of March (died 1420)source
  • Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros (died 1383)source

Deaths

  • April 8 – Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of Londonsource
  • April 24 – Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (born c. 1270)source
  • May 5 – Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (born 1324)source
  • May 23 – Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel, English noble (born 1287)source
  • May – John Wishart, Scottish bishopsource
  • June 10 – Kitabatake Akiie, Japanese governor (born 1318; d. in battle)source
  • July – Muhammad Khan, Persian monarchsource
  • August 4 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (born 1300)source
  • August 17 – Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (born 1301; d. in battle)source
  • August 22 – William II, Duke of Athens (born 1312)source
  • December 21 – Thomas Hemenhale, Bishop of Worcestersource
  • Marino Sanuto the Elder, Venetian statesman and geographer (born c. 1260)source
  • probable – Prince Narinaga, Japanese shōgun (born 1325)source
  • "Dearbhail, daughter of Cathal Mac Murrough, and wife of Donough, son of Hugh Oge, died."Irelandsource
  • "Teige, son of Rory, son of Cathal O'Conor (who was usually called Bratach Righin), was taken prisoner by Thomas Magauran, and many of his people were killed. Magauran (i.e. Thomas) afterwards went to the house of O'Conor; but, on his return, the Clann-Murtough, and the Muintir-Eolais, assembled to meet him, and took him prisoner, after having slain many of his people."Irelandsource
  • "Hugh an Chletigh, son of Rory O'Conor, was wounded in the rear of his own army, and died in consequence."Irelandsource