Major Events
- Jan 15 Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland and Zealand
- Apr 13 Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy
- Apr 16 The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uroš IV Dušan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans
- Jul 11 Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- Aug 10 Majorcan explorer Jaume Ferrer sets sail to find the legendary 'river of gold' along the West African coast (disappears without trace)
- Aug 26 Battle of Crécy, south of Calais in northern France; Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army, cannons used for first time in battle
- Oct 17 Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England at Calais, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years
- Nov 22 Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements
Who Died in 1346
- Jul 19 Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle
- Aug 25 Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle
- Aug 26 Charles II of Alençon, killed in the Battle of Crécy (b. 1297)
- Aug 26 John the Blind, King of Bohemia (1310-46), Count of Luxemburg, dies at the Battle of Crécy at 50
- Aug 26 Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine, killed in the Battle of Crécy (b. 1320)
Edward III