1340 1340 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar .Events January 26 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France . April 8 - The Marinid galleys, under the command of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azafi, rout the Castellan fleet, off the coast of Algeciras . April–July - Trapezuntine Civil War: An abortive uprising occurs against Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond , the first of a number of coups, revolts, and succession disputes. June 7 - Rotterdam is officially declared a city. June 24 * Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys - The English fleet, under the command of Edward III of England , battles the French fleet, under that of Admiral Hugues Quiéret and treasurer Nicolas Béhuchet , assisted by Genoese mercenary galleys under Egidio Bocanegra, on the Low Countries coast. The French fleet is virtually destroyed, and both of its commanders are killed. * Valdemar IV of Denmark , son of deceased King Christopher II , is elected to the throne, following 8 years of interregnum . July 26 - Hundred Years' War: French defeat the English at the Battle of Saint-Omer . September 25 - Hundred Years' War: The temporary Truce of Espléchin is signed between England and France . October 30 - Battle of Río Salado in Spain: The kings of Castile and Portugal defeat the Nasrid ruler of Granada and his Moroccan allies. Europe has about 74 million inhabitants. Births March 5 - Cansignorio della Scala , Lord of Verona March 6 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster August - Haakon VI , king of Norway 1355-1380 and of Sweden 1362-1364 October - Geert Groote , Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life November 30 - John, Duke of Berry , son of John II of France date unknown * Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy * John of Nepomuk , saint of Bohemia * Narayana Pandit , Indian mathematician probable * Margaret Drummond , queen consort of Scotland * Philip van Artevelde , Flemish patriotDeaths March 31 - Ivan I of Moscow April 5 - William Melton , English archbishop April 6 - Emperor Basil Megas Komnenos of Trebizond April 7 - Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia December 2 - Geoffrey le Scrope , Chief Justice of King Edward III of England December 4 - Henry Burghersh , English bishop and chancellor December 20 - John I, Duke of Bavaria date unknown - Simonida , queen consort of Serbia
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