What is 1338?
{{Year nav|1338}} {{Year in various calendars|1338}} {{Year article header|1338}} == Events == * [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] appoints [[Edward III of England]] as a vicar-general of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Louis supports Edward's claim to the French throne under the terms of the [[Treaty of Koblenz]]. * [[Philip VI of France]] besieges [[Guienne]] in Southwest France and his navy attacks [[Portsmouth]] in [[England]]. * [[Ashikaga Takauji]] granted title of [[Shogun]] by the emperor of [[Japan]]. * [[Nicomedia]] is captured by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. == Births == * [[21 January]] – [[Charles V of France]] (died [[1380]]) * [[3 February]] – [[Joanna of Bourbon]] (died [[1378]]) * [[5 October]] – [[Alexios III of Trebizond]] (died [[1390]]) * [[29 November]] – [[Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence]] (died [[1368]]) === Unknown dates === * [[George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March]] (died [[1420]]) * [[Niccolò II d'Este]] (died [[1388]]) * [[Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros]] (died [[1383]]) * [[Margaret de Stafford]] (died [[1396]]) * [[Tvrtko I of Bosnia]] (died [[1391]]) == Deaths == * [[24 April]] – [[Theodore I of Montferrat]] (born c. [[1270]]) * [[5 May]] – [[Prince Tsunenaga]], son of Japanese Emperor (born [[1324]]) * July – [[Muhammad Khan (Ilkhan)|Muhammad Khan]], Persian monarch * [[4 August]] – [[Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk]] (born [[1300]]) * [[22 August]] – [[William II of Athens]] (born [[1312]]) === Unknown dates === * [[Kitabatake Akiie]], Japanese governor (born [[1318]]) * [[Alfonso Fadrique]], Sicilian noble * [[Awhadi of Maragheh]], Persian poet * [[Prince Narinaga]], Japanese Shogun (born [[1325]]) * [[Marino Sanuto the Elder]], Venetian statesman and geographer (born c. [[1260]]) * [[John Wishart (bishop)|John Wishart]], Scottish bishop * [[Nitta Yoshiaki]], Japanese Samurai * [[Nitta Yoshisada]], Japanese Samurai [[Category:1338| ]]