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'Years:' 1348 1349 1350 - 1351 - 1352 1353 1354

'Decades:' 1320s 1330s 1340s - '1350s' - 1360s 1370s 1380s

'Centuries:' 13th century - '14th century' - 15th century

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ End of the reign of Emperor Sukō, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders

★ Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders

★ May 1 Zürich joins the Swiss Confederation.

★ King Ramathibodi I ascends the throne in Ayutthaya (now Thailand). He begins to propagate Theravada Buddhism as the state religion.

★ King Gongmin ascends the throne in Goryeo.

★ Battle of the Thirty

★ Statute of Laborers

★ First mention of Vantaa

★ The Black Death ravages Europe (1347-1351)

★ Firuz Tughlaq succeeds Mohammad Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi

★ The Mongolian run Yuan Dynasty of China is permanently weakened by an uprising known as the Red Turban Rebellion.

★ The Summa Dynasty in Sindh (now part of Pakistan) overthrows the Sumra Dynasty.

★ The Turks cross the Dardanelles into Europe for the first time.

Births

★ November 1 - Duke Leopold III of Austria (died 1386)

★ Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (died 1381)

★ Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (died 1402)

★ Wladyslav II Jagiello, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland (died 1434)

Deaths

★ May 24 - Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (born 1297)

★ Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi