Events from 1346

← 1345

1346

7 events
1347 →
1346 ID: 112
St. Bridget begins receiving visions - Christ dictates Fifteen Prayers on His Passion
ID: 112
1346 ID: 3759
Denmark sells Estonia to Teutonic Knights - financial crisis forces sale of Baltic territories
ID: 3759
1346 ID: 4163
Fourteen Holy Helpers devotion begins in Germany - response to Black Death, special intercessors against diseases
ID: 4163
1346 ID: 2436
July 12, 1346
Edward III invades Normandy - chevauchée (destructive raid) strategy devastates French countryside
ID: 2436
1346 ID: 63
August 26, 1346
Battle of Crécy - English longbows decimate French chivalry
ID: 63
1346 ID: 96
August 26, 1346
English use early cannons at Crécy - though longbows do most damage, gunpowder enters European battlefield
ID: 96
1346 ID: 2437
August 26, 1346
Battle of Crécy - English longbows slaughter French knights, 16-year-old Black Prince wins his spurs
ID: 2437
Crécy