1350

Events

• England invades France.
• 29 August - Battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer: An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet.
• Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire.

• The Black Death first appears in Scotland.

Births

• January 23 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)
• October 12 - Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Muscovy and Vladimir (d. 1389)
• Pierre d\'Ailly, French theologian (d. 1420)
• John I of Aragon (d. 1395)
• Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia (d. 1404)
• Pope Boniface IX, second Roman pope of the Western Schism (d. 1404)
• Jehuda Cresques, Catalan cartographer (d. 1427)
• Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (d. 1405)
• Agnolo Gaddi, Italian painter (d. 1396)
• William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England (approximate date; d. 1419)
• Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 1397)
• Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1425)
• John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; d. 1400)
• Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (d. 1425)
• John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (approximate date; d. 1414)
• Ralph Strode, English scholar (d. 1400)
• Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt (approximate date; d. 1403)
• Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (d. 1415)
• Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1423)
• William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1399)
• Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish historian (d. 1420)

Deaths

• March 26 - Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1311)
• April 3 - Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)
• August 22 - Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
• Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu
• Jean de Marigny, French bishop
• Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (approximate date; b. c. 1283)
• Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn, last Gaelic Mormaer of Strathearn
• Namdev, Marathi saint and poet (b. 1270)

Ongoing events

• The Black Death (1347-1351)

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