1342 CE

June 27 – An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt, rules prior to being deposed by his half-brother As-Salih Ismail. 4 September – Deputy justiciar campaigns in Wicklow against the Ó Broin. Louis "the Child", age 4, succeeds his father, Peter II, as king of Sicily and duke of Athens; he is crowned on September 15 in Palermo Cathedral.

In the 1340s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • January 21–June 27 – An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt, rules prior to being deposed by his half-brother As-Salih Ismail.source
  • 5 April – 4th Earl of Kildare is granted livery of his lands.Irelandsource
  • July 16 – Louis I becomes king of Hungary.source
  • September 4 – John III of Trebizond (John III Comnenus) becomes emperor of Trebizond.source
  • Guy de Lusignan becomes Constantine II, King of Armenia (Gosdantin, Կոստանդին Բ).source
  • Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol.source

Conflict & Security

  • 30 March — Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie captured Roxburgh Castle.Scotlandsource
  • July 18 – Battle of Zava: Mu'izz al-Din Husayn defeats the Sarbadars.source
  • 4 November – King Toirdhealbhach of Connacht is deposed by Mac Diarmata (Eng. MacDermot) and Mac William Burke. Succeeded by Aodh mac Aodh of Clann Mhuircheartaigh.Irelandsource
  • Late May–late June – War of the Breton Succession: Siege of Hennebont – Forces of Charles, Duke of Brittany, conduct an unsuccessful siege of the fortified port of Hennebont in Brittany, commanded by Joan of Flanders, Countess of Montfort.source
  • Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 – The Zealots seize power in Thessalonica, expelling its aristocrats and declaring themselves in favour of the regency.source
  • Soldiers from Ireland are sent to campaign for Edward III in Brittany.Irelandsource

Religion & Belief

  • May 7 – Pope Clement VI succeeds Pope Benedict XII, as the 198th Pope.source
  • August 15 – Louis "the Child", age 4, succeeds his father, Peter II, as king of Sicily and duke of Athens; he is crowned on September 15 in Palermo Cathedral.source
  • The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch is transferred to Damascus, under Ignatius II.source

Crime & Justice

  • 16 January – 18 May Deputy justiciar John Morice campaigns against the Irish of Mide.Irelandsource
  • 16 July – 4 September – Deputy justiciar campaigns in Wicklow against the Ó Broin.Irelandsource
  • Scots made a strenuous attempt to capture Lochmaben Castle, but were repulsed.Scotlandsource

Climate & Environment

  • July 22 – St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe.source

Culture & Society

  • King Toirdhealbhacf Connacht restores Roscommon castle to William de Bermingham, the royal constable.Irelandsource

Births

  • January 17 – Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (died 1404)source
  • April 6 – Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa (died after 1363)source
  • November 8 – Julian of Norwich, English mystic (approximate date; d. 1413)source
  • Avignon Pope Clement VII (died 1394)source
  • Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (died 1373)source
  • Levon V Lusignan of Armenia (died 1393)source
  • John Trevisa, English translator (died 1402)source

Deaths

  • March 31 – Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, Italian Augustinian friarsource
  • July 16 – King Charles I of Hungarysource
  • September 4 – Anna Anachoutlou, Empress of Trebizondsource
  • November 29 – Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (born 1270)source
  • Al-Jaldaki, Persian physician and alchemistsource
  • Peter Paludanus, French bishop and theologian (born c. 1275)source
  • probable – Marsilius of Padua, Italian scholar (born 1270)source
  • King Conchobhar of Tír Conaill is killed and succeeded by his brother, Niall.Irelandsource
  • William Bullock, died of starvation and exposure while a prisoner in Lochindorb Castle.Scotlandsource
  • Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie, died of starvation while a prisoner of William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale in Hermitage Castle.Scotlandsource