1339

'Years:' 1336 1337 1338 - 1339 - 1340 1341 1342

'Decades:' 1300s 1310s 1320s - '1330s' - 1340s 1350s 1360s

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ 23 September - Simone Boccanegra elected to be the first Doge of Genoa.

★ Emperor Go-Murakami ascends to the throne of Japan.

★ Kashmir is conquered by Muslims.

Births

★ July 23 - King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)

★ November 1 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (died 1365)

★ Pope Alexander V (died 1410)

★ John V, Duke of Brittany (died 1399)

★ Eric XII of Sweden (died 1359)

Deaths

★ February 17 - Duke Otto of Austria (born 1301)

★ May 26 - Aldona Ona, Queen of Poland

★ September 19 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (born 1288)

★ Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1260)