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Year 1350 (MCCCL) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • January 9 – Giovanni II Valente becomes Doge of Genoa.
  • May 23 – A number of supporters of William V, Count of Holland, in his power struggle with his mother Margaret I, Countess of Holland, found the Cod league.
  • August 29 – Battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer off Winchelsea: An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet.
  • September 5 – Conservative noblemen in the County of Holland found the Hook league.
  • September (unknown date) First pestilence dies out.
  • November 17 – To pay for the expenses of the revived war with Republic of Venice, the Republic of Genoa has to subscribe a loan at an interest rate of 10% from an association of creditors known as the Compera imposita per gerra Venetorum.

    • Date unknown

  • Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire.
  • The Black Death first appears in Scotland.
  • The castle of Rapperswil is largely destroyed by Rudolf Brun, mayor of the city of Zürich.

    • Births

  • January 23 – Vincent Ferrer, Valencian missionary and saint (d. 1419)
  • April 13 – Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (d. 1405)
  • June 27 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1425)
  • October 12 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Muscovy and Vladimir (d. 1389)
  • November 25 – Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt (approximate date; d. 1403)
  • December 27 – John I of Aragon (d. 1395)
  • date unknown
  • Jehuda Cresques, Catalan cartographer (d. 1427)
  • Agnolo Gaddi, Italian painter (d. 1396)
  • William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England (approximate date; d. 1419)
  • Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 1397)
  • John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; d. 1400)
  • Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (d. 1425)
  • John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (approximate date; d. 1414)
  • Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (d. 1415)
  • William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1399)
  • Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish historian (d. 1420)
  • Záviš von Zap, Czech theologian and composer (d. c. 1411)

    • Deaths

  • January 6 – Giovanni I di Murta, second doge of the Republic of Genoa
  • March 26 or 27 March – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1311)
  • August 22 – Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
  • November 19 – Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu
  • December 26 – Jean de Marigny, French bishop
  • date unknown – Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn, last Gaelic Mormaer of Strathearn
  • probable
  • Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (b. c. 1283)
  • Namdev, Marathi saint and poet (b. 1270)

    • References

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