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Calendar overview 1345
| 1345 | |
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| In Estonia , the uprising was finally put down on St. George's Night . | 
 Charles of Blois  becomes Duke of Brittany .  | 
| 1345 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 793/794 (turn of the year July) | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1337/38 | 
| Aztec calendar | 8. Feuerstein - Chicuei Tecpatl (until the end of January / beginning of February 7th pipes - Chicome Acatl ) | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1888/89 (southern Buddhism); 1887/88 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) | 
| Chinese calendar | 67th (68th) cycle
 Year of the Wood Rooster乙酉 ( at the beginning of the year Wood Monkey 甲申)  | 
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 707/708 (turn of the year April) | 
| Iranian calendar | 723/724 | 
| Islamic calendar | 745/746 (turn of the year 3rd / 4th May) | 
| Jewish calendar | 5105/06 (August 28-29) | 
| Coptic calendar | 1061/62 | 
| Malayalam calendar | 520/521 | 
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1655/56 (turn of the year April)
 Syria: 1656/57 (turn of the year October)  | 
| Spanish era | 1383 | 
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1401/02 | 
Events
Politics and world events
Northern Europe / Baltic States
- Winter 1345/46: In Estonia , the uprising on St. George's Night after more than two years is finally and bloodily suppressed by the Brothers of the Sword . As the last Danish city in Estonia, Narva falls to the Teutonic Order .
 
Byzantine Empire / Balkans
- John V wins the upper hand in the Byzantine Civil War , which began in 1341 after the death of Emperor Andronikos III. has broken out.
 - June 11 : Influential Byzantine minister Alexios Apokaukos is overwhelmed and killed by prisoners while inspecting a political prison under construction without his bodyguard . Anna of Savoy , who ruled in the name of her underage son Johannes V and is in a civil war fueled by Apokaukos with the anti-emperor Johannes Kantakuzenos , has all 200 prisoners executed.
 
Fortifications of Peritheorion (east of Xanthi ), scene of Momchil's last stand
- July 7th : The battle of Peritheorion between the troops of Momchil , the quasi-independent ruler of the Rhodope Mountains , and an allied force of Byzantine troops under John VI. and Turkish troops under Umur Bey von Aydin , ends with a clear victory for the Byzantine-Turkish alliance. Momchil dies on the battlefield. The Byzantine forces then regain control of the region.
 - August 12 : Venetian troops begin the siege of the Croatian-Hungarian coastal city of Zadar in northern Dalmatia .
 
- King Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan of Serbia rises to the position of Emperor of Serbia and the Roman Empire ( Imperator Rasciae et Romaniae ) in his new residence Skopje at Christmas .
 
Holy Roman Empire
- Simone Boccanegra is forced to give up government affairs as doge of the Republic of Genoa at a people's assembly called by himself .
 
Hundred Years War
- June: Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Derby , lands in Gascony with a small army from England and replenishes them with local troops. With these troops he led a large-scale Chevauchée across the border, aiming to capture the important city of Bergerac in August. Among other things, the city of Auberoche is conquered.
 - September 16 : Charles von Blois from the House of Châtillon , favored by France , becomes Duke of Brittany after his English- backed opponent Johann von Montfort dies in Hennebont . The War of the Breton Succession as part of the Hundred Years War lasted another two decades.
 - Early October: By order of Jean II le Bon , Duke of Normandy , French troops under the command of Louis of Poitiers counterattack Henry Grosmont's English troops. You begin with the siege of Auberoche Castle.
 - October 21 : The English win decisive victory in the Battle of Auberoche . As a result, they can take control of the entire region.
 
City rights and first documentary mentions
- Gelterfingen , Manama , Niederdorf , Bad Wildbad and Klein Ilsede are first mentioned in a document
 - Potsdam and Oldenburg are granted city rights.
 
economy
- Members of the since 1180 existing Guild of Pepperers , a religious and socially committed brotherhood of merchants who deal in spices, gold and other luxury goods from Konstantin Opel and the Mediterranean, forming a new brotherhood. The later Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of London's Great Twelve City Livery Companies .
 
religion
- October 1st : The parent company in Antwerp is founded.
 
Disasters
- The plague , raging since 1331 and later spreading over Europe as the Black Death , reaches Sarai on the lower Volga and the Crimea as well as the empire of the Golden Horde under Dschani Beg .
 
nature and environment
Born
Date of birth saved
- October 31 : Ferdinand I , King of Portugal († 1383 )
 
Exact date of birth unknown
- Agnes von Durazzo , Neapolitan princess († 1383 or 1388 )
 - Vuk Branković , Serbian prince († 1397 )
 - Kadi Burhan al-Din , Azerbaijani poet, vizier and Atabeg († 1398 )
 - Euphemia , Scottish nobles († 1394 / 95 )
 - Paolo di Giovanni Fei , Italian painter († 1411 )
 - Walter Fitzwalter , English nobleman and military man († 1386 )
 - Charles III , King of Naples († 1386 )
 
Born around 1345
- Eustache Deschamps , French poet († 1404 )
 - Elisabeth of Pomerania , wife of Emperor Charles IV († 1393 )
 - Maud Ufford , English nobleman († 1413 )
 
Died
Date of death secured
- January 17th : Heinrich von Asti , Italian bishop, papal diplomat and leader of the crusade
 - February 2 : Ludwig the Junker , son of Landgrave Otto I of Hesse (* 1305 )
 - February 24 : Stephan II , Bishop of Lebus
 
- March 11th : Aigustė Anastasia of Lithuania , Grand Duchess of Moscow (* between 1316 and 1321)
 - April 14 : Richard Aungerville , Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor of England (* 1287 )
 - May 1st : Peregrinus Laziosi , saint of the Roman Catholic Church (* around 1265 )
 
- June 11 : Alexios Apokaukos , Byzantine statesman
 - June 20 : Simon Montagu , Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Ely (c. 1304 )
 
- July 7th : Momchil , Bulgarian voivode and robber baron (* around 1305 )
 - July 18 : Adam Orleton , English clergyman, politician and diplomat (* around 1275 )
 - August 23 : Otto II von Wolfskeel , Bishop of Würzburg
 
- September 16 : John IV , Duke of Brittany (* 1295 )
 - September 18 : Andreas , Hungarian prince (* 1327 )
 - September 22nd : Henry of Lancaster , English magnate (* around 1280 )
 - September 26th : Wilhelm IV. , Count of Holland and Hainaut (* around 1318 )
 
- November 3 : Peter I , Count of Dreux (* 1298 )
 - November 13 : Constança Manuel , Queen of Portugal (* around 1318 )
 
Exact date of death unknown
- July: Jacob van Artevelde , Regent of Flanders (* around 1290 )
 
- Ala'a ad-Din Kudschuk , Sultan of the Mamluks (* 1334 )
 - As-Salih Ismail , Sultan of the Mamluks (* 1325 )
 - Ciuto Brandini , labor leader in Florence
 - Henry III. , Count of Ortenburg
 - Wilke von Kraack , Dean of Lübeck and Canon of Schwerin
 
Web links
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