What Happened in 1349

Major Events

  • Mar 21 Black Death Massacre: Between 100 and 3,000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt, Germany; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
  • Dec 5 Black Death Massacre: 500 Jews of Free Imperial City of Nuremberg massacred during Black Death riots; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
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Born in 1349

  • Sep 9 Albert III, Duke of Austria (1365-95), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1395)

Who Died in 1349

  • May 31 Thomas Wake, English politician and baron (b. 1297)
  • Jun 14 Gunther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44
  • Aug 26 Thomas Bradwardine, English Archbishop of Canterbury, dies of the plague at Rochester, just after taking office
  • Sep 11 Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (b. 1315)



World Leaders in 1349