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★26 Oct 1341
The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos emperor, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of John V Palaiologos, the heir to the throne.

★11 Jun 1345
Inspecting a new prison without being escorted by his bodyguard, the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, was lynched by the prisoners.

★21 Oct 1345
Hundred Years' War: The English victory at the Battle of Auberoche marked a change in the military balance of power in Aquitaine, with the subsequent collapse of the French position.

★26 Aug 1346
Hundred Years' War: English forces established the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy.

★29 Aug 1350
Hundred Years' War: Led by King Edward III, an English fleet of 50 ships captured at least 14 Castilian ships and sank several more in the Battle of Winchelsea.

★18 Oct 1356
The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland, and caused much destruction in a vast region extending into France and Germany.

★16 Jan 1362
The Danish settlement of Rungholt was reportedly sunk into the North Sea by a massive windstorm.

★10 Jul 1372
The Treaty of Tagilde was signed between Ferdinand I of Portugal and representatives of John of Gaunt of England, marking the beginning of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, which remains in effect today.

★13 May 1373
English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness, during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ; later she described them in Revelations of Divine Love, the first known English language book written by a woman.

★21 Jul 1378
Unrepresented labourers in Florence revolted and violently took over the city's government to grant them political office.

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