Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1310s  1320s  1330s  – 1340s –  1350s  1360s  1370s
Years:	1337 1338 1339 – 1340 – 1341 1342 1343

1340 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture –

Art – Literature – Music – Science

Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

Category: Establishments – Disestablishments

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Year 1340 (MCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents 1 Events of 1340 1.1 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events of 1340

Europe has about 74 million inhabitants.

• January 26 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
• June 24 – The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. The former is under the command of Edward III of England and the latter under that of admiral Hue Quiéret and treasurer Nicholas Béhuchet assisted by Genoese mercenary galleys under Egidio Bocanegra. The French fleet is virtually destroyed and both commanders are among the casualties.

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• A son of deceased King Christopher II of Denmark is elected to the throne following 8 years of Interregnum. He will reign as Valdemar IV of Denmark.

1340 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1340 MCCCXL
Ab urbe condita	2093
Armenian calendar	789 ԹՎ ՉՁԹ
Bahá'í calendar	-504 – -503
Bengali calendar	747
Berber calendar	2290
Buddhist calendar	1884
Burmese calendar	702
Byzantine calendar	6848 – 6849
Chinese calendar	己卯年十二月初二日 (3976/4036-12-2) — to — 庚辰年十二月十二日 (3977/4037-12-12)
Coptic calendar	1056 – 1057
Ethiopian calendar	1332 – 1333
Hebrew calendar	5100 – 5101
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1395 – 1396
- Shaka Samvat	1262 – 1263
- Kali Yuga	4441 – 4442
Holocene calendar	11340
Iranian calendar	718 – 719
Islamic calendar	740 – 741
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3673
Thai solar calendar	1883
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[edit] Births

• March 5 – Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1375)
• March 6 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
• October – Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life (d. 1384)
• November 30 – John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (d. 1416)
• date unknown
  • Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (d. 1397)
  • John of Nepomuk, saint of Bohemia (d. 1393)
  • Narayana Pandit, mathematician (d. 1400)
• probable
  • Margaret Drummond, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1375)
  • Haakon VI of Norway (d. 1380)
  • Robert III of Scotland (d. 1406)
  • Philip van Artevelde, Flemish patriot (d. 1382)

Also see Category:1340 births.

[edit] Deaths

• March 31 – Ivan I of Moscow (b. 1288)
• April 5 – William Melton, English archbishop
• April 6 – Emperor Basil of Trebizond
• April 7 – Boleslaus George II of Halych (b. 1308), duke of Masovia
• December 2 – Geoffrey le Scrope, Chief Justice of King Edward III of England
• December 4 – Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
• December 20 – John I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1329)
• date unknown
  • Simonida, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1294)

Also see Category:1340 deaths.