1338
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
| Decades: | 1300s 1310s 1320s - 1330s - 1340s 1350s 1360s |
| Years: | 1335 1336 1337 - 1338 - 1339 1340 1341 |
| 1338 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1338 (MCCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1338
- 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 is granted the title of Shogun by the emperor of Japan, starting the Ashikaga shogunate.
- Nicomedia is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
| Gregorian calendar | 1338 MCCCXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2091 |
| Armenian calendar | 787 ԹՎ ՉՁԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -506 – -505 |
| Berber calendar | 2288 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1882 |
| Burmese calendar | 700 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6846 – 6847 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年十二月初十日 (3974/4034-12-10) — to —
戊寅年十一月二十日(3975/4035-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 1054 – 1055 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1330 – 1331 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5098 – 5099 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1393 – 1394 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1260 – 1261 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4439 – 4440 |
| Holocene calendar | 11338 |
| Iranian calendar | 716 – 717 |
| Islamic calendar | 738 – 739 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3671 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1881 |
[edit] Births
- 21 January – Charles V of France (d. 1380)
- 3 February – Joanna of Bourbon (d. 1378)
- 5 October – Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)
- 29 November – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (d. 1368)
- date unknown
- George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March (d. 1420)
- Muhammed V, Sultan of Granada (d. 1391)
- Niccolò II d'Este (d. 1388)
- Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros (d. 1383)
- Margaret de Stafford (d. 1396)
- Tvrtko I of Bosnia (d. 1391)
- France
- Also see Category:1338 births.
[edit] Deaths
- 8 April – Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London
- 24 April – Theodore I of Montferrat (b. c. 1270)
- May – John Wishart, Scottish bishop
- 5 May – Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (b. 1324)
- July – Muhammad Khan, Persian monarch
- 4 August – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (b. 1300)
- 22 August – William II of Athens (b. 1312)
- 21 December – Thomas Hemenhale, Bishop of Worcester
- date unknown
- Kitabatake Akiie, Japanese governor (b. 1318)
- Alfonso Fadrique, Sicilian noble
- Awhadi of Maragheh, Persian poet
- Marino Sanuto the Elder, Venetian statesman and geographer (b. c. 1260)
- Nitta Yoshiaki, Japanese samurai
- Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301)
- probable – Prince Narinaga, Japanese Shogun (b. 1325)
- Also see Category:1338 deaths.
