1344 Year 1344 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar .Events January–December March 26 - Reconquista : The Siege of Algeciras , one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder is used, ends with the Muslim city of Algeciras surrendering and being incorporated into the Kingdom of Castile . April 17 - Constantine II, King of Armenia , is killed in an uprising and succeeded by a distant cousin , Constantine III . April 23 - The St. George's Night Uprising: The Livonian Order hangs Vesse, the rebel Estonian Elder of Saaremaa Island. May 13 - Battle of Pallene: A Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet at Pallene, Chalcidice . October 24 - Smyrniote Crusade: A Christian fleet succeeds in taking the port city of Smyrna from the Aydinid Turks. December 6 - Five-year-old Erik Magnusson , the eldest son of King Magnus IV of Sweden , is appointed heir to the Swedish throne, even though Sweden is an elective monarchy at this time.Date unknown King Edward III of England introduce three new gold coins, the florin , leopard , and helm . Unfortunately, the amount of gold in the coins does not match their value of 6 shillings, 3 shillings, and 1 shilling and sixpence, so they have to be withdrawn and mostly melted down, by August of this year. Bablake School is founded in Coventry, England by the dowager Queen Isabella . The Compagnia dei Bardi in Florence goes bankrupt, along with the Peruzzi Bank and the Acciaiuoli Bank. A large public dial clock is installed in the tower of the Palazzo Capitaniato, Padua , commissioned by Prince Ubertino I da Carrara and supervised by Jacopo Dondi dell'Orologio . A famine occurs in China . King Peter IV of Aragon defeats and deposes his cousin, James III of Majorca , thereby absorbing the Balearic Kingdom of Majorca into the Crown of Aragon . Births February 9 - Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol September 18 - Marie Valois , French princess, daughter of King John II of France October 10 - Mary Plantagenet , duchess consort of Brittany, daughter of King Edward III of England date unknown * Beatrix of Bavaria , queen consort of Sweden * Azzo X d'Este , Italian condottiero * John I, Count of La Marche * Parameswara , Malay Srivijayan princeDeaths January 4 - Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle , English peer January 11 - Thomas Charlton , Bishop of Hereford , Lord High Treasurer of England , Lord Privy Seal , and Lord Chancellor of Ireland January 30 - William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury April 17 - Constantine II , King of Armenia June 29 - Joan of Savoy , duchess consort of Brittany, throne claimant of Savoy July 11 - Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg July 16 - An-Nasir Ahmad , deposed Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt date unknown * Gersonides , French rabbi and mathematician * Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu * Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud , leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar * Prince Narinaga , Japanese Shōgun . probable - Simone Martini , Sienese painter
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