History
1340
General
Population: 448 Million*
- Entertainment: Guillaume de Machaut named the greatest musician of his day
- Technology: First European paper factory in Italy
Europe
- General: English navy defeats French off Sluys (English control Channel) – French occupy Guienne
- England: Queens College at Oxford founded
Parliament passes statutes providing taxes only by Parliament
Edward III of England receives allegiance of 3 cities of Flanders
- France: Attackers catapult dead horses at castle of Thun L'Eveque in France
- Italian States: Famine