1339 CE

Battle of Laupen: The Canton of Bern defeats the forces of Fribourg. (or 28) – Simone Boccanegra is elected, as the first Doge of Genoa. Philip VI convinced Joan of Savoy, Duchess consort of Brittany, to renounce her rights of succession to Count of Savoy in return of an annual payment.

In the 1330s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • September 18 – Emperor Go-Murakami accedes to the throne of Japan.source
  • 3 December - England formally allied with County of Flanders. In the following months, they launched several small scale attacks on French forces in Picardy.Francesource
  • Edmond Albanach de Burgh is expelled from the western islands of Connacht to UlsterIrelandsource

Conflict & Security

  • February - French forces captured Bordeaux following a siege.Francesource
  • June – Battle of Laupen: The Canton of Bern defeats the forces of Fribourg.source
  • 26 September - English King Edward III laid siege to Cambrai as part of his effort to take the throne of France.Francesource
  • 8 October - Edward abandoned the siege after learning that French King Philip VI was arriving with an reinforcement army.Francesource
  • 24 October - English forces retreated into Duchy of Brabant, ending the Thiérache campaign.Francesource
  • Hostilities occur between the Anglo-Irish and Irish in Kildare, Meath and KerryIrelandsource

Exploration & Expansion

  • October - French naval forces ended their raids along the southern coast of England.Francesource
  • The Mint briefly reopens at Dublin (see 1302)Irelandsource

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The Moscow Kremlin is first referred to as a kremlin.source
  • All streets in the city of Florence are paved, the first European city in post-Roman times where this has happened.source

Culture & Society

  • 12 May - University of Grenoble was established by Humbert II, Dauphin of the Viennois.Francesource
  • September 24 (or 28) – Simone Boccanegra is elected, as the first Doge of Genoa.source
  • 22 November - Philip VI convinced Joan of Savoy, Duchess consort of Brittany, to renounce her rights of succession to Count of Savoy in return of an annual payment.Francesource
  • Toirdhealbach O Conchobhair marries the widow of Edmund de BurghIrelandsource

Births

  • July 23 – Louis I, Duke of Anjou (died 1384)source
  • 23 July - Louis I, Duke of Anjou (died 1384)Francesource
  • November 1 – Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (died 1365)source
  • Erik Magnusson (Erik XII), king of parts of Sweden 1356–1359 (died 1359)source
  • Juana Manuel of Castile, queen consort of Castile (died 1381)source
  • Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani, Persian Arab encyclopaedist (died 1414)source
  • Duke John IV of Brittany (died 1399)source
  • Pope Alexander V, Antipope (died 1410)source
  • Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut (died 1393)source
  • Blanche of Bourbon, Queen consort of Kingdom of Castile and Leon (died 1361)Francesource
  • John IV, Duke of Brittany (died 1399)Francesource
  • Alexander V (Petros Philarges, 1339–1410) - antipope 1409-1410Italysource

Deaths

  • February 17 – Otto, Duke of Austria (born 1301)source
  • May 26 – Aldona Ona, Queen of Poland (born c. 1309)source
  • August 16 – Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (born 1302)source
  • August 25 – Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (born 1260)source
  • September 1 – Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (born 1305)source
  • September 19 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (born 1288)source
  • October 29 – Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (born 1301)source
  • 29 October – Ruaidhri O Ceallaigh is killed lby Cathal mac Aodh mac Eoghain O ConchobhairIrelandsource
  • Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir, having defeated Kota Rani, Hindu queen regnant of Kashmir, in battle at Jayapur (modern Sumbal), asks her to marry him, but she commits suicide rather than do so; thus he takes over sole rule of Kashmir, beginning the Muslim Shah Mir Dynasty.source
  • Marie of Brittany, daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany (born 1268)Francesource
  • Ruaidri Ó Cellaigh, King of Uí Maine and Chief of the Name.Irelandsource
  • Azzone I Visconti (1302–1339), Signore di Milano (1329–1339)Italysource