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{{C14 year in topic}}{{Year dab|1346}}Year '''1346''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXLVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] 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]]. In Asia that year, the [[Black Plague|Black Death]] came to the troops of the [[Golden Horde]] Khanate; the disease also affected the [[Genoa|Genoese]] Europeans they were attacking, before spreading to the rest of Europe. In Central and East Asia, there was a series of revolts after [[Kazan]] Khan was killed in an uprising, and the [[Chagatai Khanate]] began to splinter and fall; several revolts in China began what would eventually lead to the overthrow of the [[Yuan dynasty]]. The Indian kingdom of [[Vijayanagara]] won several victories over Muslim conquerors in the north in this year as well.

In Eastern Europe, [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia|Stefan Dušan]] was proclaimed [[Tsar of Serbia]] on April 16 (Easter Sunday) at Skopje. In the nearby [[Byzantine Empire]], the Ottoman emir [[Orhan]] married Byzantine princess Theodora as part of an alliance between her father [[John VI Kantakouzenos]] and the Ottomans. Ongoing civil wars in both Bulgaria and Byzantium continued. Denmark sold its portion of [[Northern Estonia]] to the [[Livonian Order]] of the [[Teutonic Knights]] after finally quelling the [[St. George's Night Uprising]]. In Central Europe, [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]] of [[Luxembourg]] was elected [[Roman King]] on July 11. A number of banking families in Italy, including the [[Bardi family]], faced bankruptcy in this year, and much of Italy suffered a famine. The [[Hundred Years' War]] between the [[France in the Middle Ages|Kingdom of France]] and the [[Kingdom of England]] continued in Western Europe, as [[Edward III of England]] led [[Battle of Caen (1346)|an invasion]] onto the continent and won a number of victories.