14th April » Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
26th October » The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor at Didymoteicho.
Famous Birthdays in 1341
5th June » Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1402)
10th November » Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1408)