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{{Year nav|1348}} {{Year in various calendars|1348}} {{Year article header|1348}} == Events == * [[April 7]] – [[University of Prague|Charles University]] is founded in [[Prague]]. * [[June 24]] – [[Black Death]] outbreak in full swing in Melcombe Regis (modern-day [[Weymouth]], [[Dorset]] in [[England]]) * [[July 6]] – [[Papal bull]] of [[Pope Clement VI]] [[anti-Semitism|protecting Jews]] against popular aggression during the Black Death epidemic. * Beginning of [[Black Death]] epidemic in central and western Europe * End of the reign of [[Emperor Komyo of Japan]], second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders * Start of the reign of [[Emperor Sukō]], third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders * May – [[Black Death]] reaches [[England]] * [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] of [[England]] creates the first English order of chivalry, the [[Order of the Garter]] * [[Pskov]] gains independence from the [[Novgorod Republic]] with the treaty of Bolotovo; [[Pskov Republic]] formed. * [[Black Death]] in [[Cairo]]. * Estimation: [[Hangzhou]] in Yuan Dynasty [[China]] becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from [[Cairo]], capital of [[Mamluk]] [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Largest Cities Through History|author=Matt T. Rosenberg|publisher=About.com|access-date=12 April 2012|archive-date=14 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714185311/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Truce between England and France until 1532. * Gonville Hall, the forerunner of [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]] was founded. == Births == * [[John Fitzalan]], 1st Lord Arundel (died [[1379]]) == Deaths == * [[February 2]] – [[Narymunt]], Prince of Pinsk * [[December 2]] – [[Emperor Hanazono]], [[Emperor of Japan]] (born [[1297]]) * [[Laura (person)|Laura]], beloved of [[Petrarch]] (born [[1310]]) * [[John de Stratford]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] * [[Ambrogio Lorenzetti]], Sienese painter (born [[1290]