Editing 1346 (section)

== Events ==
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* Spring &ndash; A severe [[Bubonic plague|Bubonic Plague]] epidemic begins in the [[Crimea]], marking the first major epidemic of the [[Black Death]].<ref name ="bpl">[[Ole Jørgen Benedictow|Benedictow, Ole Jørgen]]. ''The Black Death, 1346–1353''. Ipswich: Boydell Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-85115-943-5}} pp. 51</ref>
* [[March 18]] &ndash; The French prepare to defend the [[English Channel|channel]] coasts.<ref name = crecy>David, Dr. Crecy. ''1346: Triumph of the Longbow.'' Osprey Publishing (UK), 2000. p. 85 {{ISBN|1-85532-966-2}}</ref>
* [[April 1]]&ndash;[[August 20]] &ndash; [[Siege of Aiguillon]]: The French fail to take [[Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne|Aiguillon]] from its English defenders.<ref name = crecy/>
* [[April 16]] &ndash; The [[Serbian Empire]] is proclaimed in [[Skopje]] by [[Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia|Dusan Silni]], occupying much of [[Southeast Europe]].<ref name = "dusan">Evans, Arthur. ''Ancient Illyria''. London: I. B. Tauris, 2007. {{ISBN|1-84511-167-2}} pg. iv</ref>
* [[May]]&ndash;[[June]] &ndash; An English invasion fleet assembles at [[Portsmouth]].<ref name = crecy/>
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Battle of St Pol de Léon]]: The English army defeats [[Charles of Blois]] in [[Brittany]].<ref name = crecy/>
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] forces led by [[Simone Vignoso]] land on the Mediterranean island of [[Chios]] and capture it from local Greek control within a week, apart from the [[Castle of Chios]], which resists until 12 September.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Vitale|first=Vito Antonio|title=Vignoso, Simone|encyclopedia=[[Enciclopedia Italiana]]|year=1937|language=Italian|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/simone-vignoso_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Setton|first=Kenneth M.|year=1976|title=The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume I: The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries|location=Philadelphia|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=0-87169-114-0|page=207}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; The English win a small victory at [[La Roche-Derrien]] in [[Brittany]].<ref name = crecy/>
* [[June 24]] &ndash; The leaders of [[Ghent]], [[Bruges]] and [[Ypres]] agree to support [[Edward III]].<ref name = crecy/>
* [[July]] &ndash; [[Edward III]] orders the closing of English ports to stop information from reaching [[Kingdom of France|France]].<ref name = crecy/>
* [[July 3]] &ndash; The English fleet attempts to sail from [[Portsmouth]] to [[Normandy]], but is forced back by contrary winds.<ref name = crecy/>
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia]], is elected [[King of the Romans]].<ref name = charles>Jeep, John. ''Medieval Germany.'' New York: Garland Pub, 2001. p. 108 {{ISBN|0-8240-7644-3}}</ref>
* [[July 11]]&ndash;[[July 12|12]] &ndash; [[Edward III]] and the English army cross the [[English Channel]] and begin an invasion of France.<ref name = battle>Lynn, John. ''Battle: a History of Combat and Culture.'' Boulder: Westview Press, 2004. pp. 91–92 {{ISBN|0-8133-3372-5}}</ref>
* [[July 12]]&ndash;[[July 18|18]] &ndash; The English raid and burn neighbouring towns and villages in the [[Cotentin Peninsula]].<ref name = battle/>
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Caen (1346)]]: An English army captures and [[looting|sacks]] the French city of [[Caen]].<ref>Jonathan Sumption, ''The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle'', Vol. I, (Faber & Faber, 1990), {{ISBN|978-0-571-20095-5}}, pp. 507–511.</ref>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Jaume Ferrer]] sets out from [[Mallorca]] for the "River of Gold", the [[Senegal River]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Pierre|last1=Channu|first2=Katharine|last2=Bertram|title=European expansion in the later Middle Ages|location=Amsterdam|publisher=North-Holland Publishing|year=1979|pages=83–84|isbn=978-0-44485-132-1}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Blanchetaque]]: The English defeat the French.
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Crécy]]: The English defeat the French, in the first European battle where gunpowder is used.<ref name=crecy2>{{cite book|first=David|last=Nicolle|title=Crécy, 1346: Triumph of the Longbow|location=Oxford|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2000|page=86|isbn=1-85532-966-2}}</ref>
* [[September 4]] &ndash; The English begin the siege of [[Calais]].<ref name=crecy2/>
* [[September]]–[[October]] – [[Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346|Anglo-Gascon offensives]] overrun large parts of southwest France.<ref>Jonathan Sumption, ''The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle'', Vol. I, (Faber & Faber, 1990), {{ISBN|978-0-571-20095-5}}, pp. 541–550.</ref>
* [[October 4]] – The English capture and [[looting|sack]] the French city of [[Poitiers]].<ref>Jonathan Sumption, ''The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle'', Vol. I, (Faber & Faber, 1990), {{ISBN|978-0-571-20095-5}}, pp. 544–546.</ref>
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Battle of Neville's Cross]]: The English army defeats the Scots.<ref>Kinross, John. ''Discovering Battlefields of England and Scotland.'' Princes Risborough: Shire, 2008. p. 40 {{ISBN|0-7478-0370-6}}</ref>
* [[October]]&ndash;[[November]] &ndash; Several [[Mongol]] towns in the [[Crimea]] are cleared of inhabitants by the [[Black Death]].<ref name ="bpl"/>
* Repairs are made in the [[Hagia Sophia]].</onlyinclude>