14th January » Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last List of bishops and archbishops of Prague or bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague.
27th January » Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull 'Unigenitus' to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this.
2nd August » Olivier de Clisson is found guilty of treason and beheaded at Les Halles in Paris. As a result, his wife, Jeanne de Clisson, sold their holding, bought a fleet of ships, and took to the sea as a pirate to seek revenge against the Philip VI of France or Fr
25th November » A tsunami, caused by an Earthquake of 1343 e.g earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Amalfi or Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
Famous Birthdays in 1343
24th June » Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)