1340
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| 1340 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1340 MCCCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2093 |
| Armenian calendar | 789 ԹՎ ՉՁԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6090 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1261–1262 |
| Bengali calendar | 747 |
| Berber calendar | 2290 |
| English Regnal year | 13 Edw. 3 – 14 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1884 |
| Burmese calendar | 702 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6848–6849 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4037 or 3830 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4038 or 3831 |
| Coptic calendar | 1056–1057 |
| Discordian calendar | 2506 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1332–1333 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5100–5101 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1396–1397 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1261–1262 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4440–4441 |
| Holocene calendar | 11340 |
| Igbo calendar | 340–341 |
| Iranian calendar | 718–719 |
| Islamic calendar | 740–741 |
| Japanese calendar | Ryakuō 3 (暦応３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1252–1253 |
| Julian calendar | 1340 MCCCXL |
| Korean calendar | 3673 |
| Minguo calendar | 572 before ROC 民前572年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −128 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1882–1883 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1466 or 1085 or 313 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1467 or 1086 or 314 |
Year 1340 (MCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- January 26 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
- June 7 – Rotterdam is officially declared a city.
- June 24 – The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. The former is under the command of Edward III of England and the latter under that of Admiral Hugues Quiéret and treasurer Nicholas Béhuchet assisted by Genoese mercenary galleys under Egidio Bocanegra. The French fleet is virtually destroyed and both commanders are killed.
- October 30 – Spain: At the Battle of Salado, the kings of Castile and Portugal defeat the Nasrid ruler of Granada and his Moroccan allies.
Date unknown
- Europe has about 74 million inhabitants.
- Valdemar IV of Denmark, son of deceased King Christopher II of Denmark is elected to the throne following 8 years of Interregnum.
Births
- March 5 – Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1375)
- March 6 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)
- August – Haakon VI, king of Norway 1355–1380 and of Sweden 1362–1364 (d. 1380)
- October – Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life (d. 1384)
- November 30 – John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (d. 1416)
- date unknown
- Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (d. 1397)
- John of Nepomuk, saint of Bohemia (d. 1393)
- Narayana Pandit, mathematician (d. 1400)
- probable
- Margaret Drummond, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1375)
- Robert III of Scotland (d. 1406)
- Philip van Artevelde, Flemish patriot (d. 1382)
Deaths
- March 31 – Ivan I of Moscow (b. 1288)
- April 5 – William Melton, English archbishop
- April 6 – Emperor Basil of Trebizond
- April 7 – Boleslaus George II of Halych (b. 1308), duke of Masovia
- December 2 – Geoffrey le Scrope, Chief Justice of King Edward III of England
- December 4 – Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
- December 20 – John I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1329)
- date unknown – Simonida, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1294)