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Year 1346 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was a year in the 14th century , in the midst of a period known in European history as the Late Middle Ages .
The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 in northern France between a French army commanded by King Philip VI and an English army led by King Edward III.The French attacked the English while they were traversing northern France during the Hundred Years' War, resulting in an English victory and heavy loss of life among the French.
The Battle of Caen was an assault conducted on 26 July 1346 by forces from the Kingdom of England, led by King Edward III, on the French-held town of Caen and Normandy as a part of the Hundred Years' War. The assault was part of the Chevauchée of Edward III, which had started a month earlier when the English landed in Normandy.
Hundred Years' War 1345–1347 Part of the Hundred Years' War The English assault on Caen, from Froissart's Chronicles Date June 1345 – 28 September 1347 Location France and northern England Result English victory Belligerents Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Commanders and leaders King Edward III Henry, Earl of Lancaster King Philip VI (WIA) John, Duke of Normandy Casualties and losses ...
The Battle of Neville's Cross took place during the Second War of Scottish Independence on 17 October 1346, half a mile (800 m) to the west of Durham, England.An invading Scottish army of 12,000 led by King David II was defeated with heavy loss by an English army of approximately 6,000–7,000 men led by Ralph Neville, Lord Neville.
The Black Plague swept through the Kipchak Khanate in 1346, and also affected the Genoese colonies under Mongol siege, thence spreading into Europe. The Yuan dynasty in China was struck by a series of disasters, including frequent flooding, widespread banditry, fires in urban areas, declining grain harvest, increased civil unrest and local ...
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The imperial election of 1346 in the Holy Roman Empire was orchestrated by Pope Clement VI after the pope had pronounced the deposition of the Emperor Louis IV.The pope's candidate, Charles of Moravia, was duly elected by five of the imperial electors at Rhense on 11 July.