Year
The world in 1346
In 1346 the atlas holds 453 states standing across 6 regions. 11 things began that year - Black Death, Principality of Moldavia and Battle of Crécy among them - and 2 ended; 3 people were born and 5 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1340s page, and to its century on the 14th century.
What began in 1346
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 4
- Principality of Moldavia · state · 1346 – 1859
- Serbian Empire · state · 1346 – 1371
- Principality of Valona · state · 1346 – 1417
- Maona of Chios and Phocaea · state · 1346 – 1566
Wars and battles 6
- Battle of Crécy · battle · 1346
- Siege of Calais · battle · 1346 – 1347
- Battle of Caen · battle · 1346
- Battle of Neville's Cross · battle · 1346
- Battle of Blanchetaque · battle · 1346
- Crécy campaign · battle · 1346
Famine and plague 1
- Black Death · plague · 1346 – 1352
What ended in 1346
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 1
- Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) · state · 1217 – 1346
Wars and battles 1
- Siege of Zadar · battle · 1345 – 1346
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1346 3
- Philip of Rouvres · monarch · 1346 – 1361
- Otto V of Bavaria · ruler · 1346 – 1379
- Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel · military officer · 1346 – 1397
Died in 1346 5
- John of Bohemia · ruler · 1296 – 1346
- George V of Georgia · politician · 1286 – 1346
- Louis I of Flanders · politician · 1304 – 1346
- Al-Kamil Sha'ban · ruler · 1328 – 1346
- Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II · ruler · 1293 – 1346
Standing in 1346
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe252 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Magnus Eriksson, Monarch of Sweden since 1319
- Denmark · 800 – present · Valdemar IV of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1340
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Peter of Narbonne, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1341 and Gaston III of Foix, French co-prince of Andorra since 1343
- Monaco · 1297 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806 · Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor since 1328
- Nizhny Novgorod · 1294 – 1394
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Golden Horde · 1243 – 1502 · Jani Beg, khan since 1342
and 242 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa67 states
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Orhan, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1326
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor since 1341
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Mamluk Sultanate · 1250 – 1517 · Al-Hakim II, Abbasid caliph since 1341 and Al-Kamil Sha'ban, Sultan of Egypt since 1345
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Newaya Krestos, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1344
- Empire of Trebizond · 1204 – 1461 · Michael of Trebizond, emperor of Trebizond since 1344
- Emirate of Granada · 1238 – 1492
- Marinid dynasty · 1215 – 1465 · Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman, sultan since 1331
- Kingdom of Cyprus · 1192 – 1489
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · 1080 – 1375
and 57 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa11 states
- Mali Empire · 1235 – 1670 · Sulayman of Mali, Mansa since 1341
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897 · Ohen, Oba of Benin since 1334
- Ajuran Sultanate · 1201 – 1700
- Sultanate of Ifat · 1285 – 1415
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Pate Island · 1300 – 1895
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Warsangali Sultanate · 1218 – 1886
- Kingdom of Ardra · 1100 – 1724
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
and 1 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia49 states
- Kathmandu · 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate · 1206 – 1526
- Vijayanagara Empire · 1336 – 1646 · Harihara I, head of state since 1336
- Chagatai Khanate · 1225 – 1687
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Tughlaq dynasty · 1320 – 1413
- White Horde · 1227 – 1500 · Jani Beg, khan since 1342
- Avar Khanate · 1101 – 1864
- Jaffna kingdom · 1215 – 1624 · Martanda Cinkaiariyan, King of Jaffna since 1325
- Cutch State · 1147 – 1948
and 39 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia44 states
- Mongol Empire · 1206 – 1368 · Toghon Temür, khagan since 1333
- Yuan dynasty · 1271 – 1368 · Toghon Temür, Emperor of China since 1333
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Majapahit · 1293 – 1527 · Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, 1st Maharaja of Majapahit since 1328
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Maha Sawa, king since 1342
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392
- Ashikaga shogunate · 1336 – 1573
- Sukhothai Kingdom · 1238 – 1438
- Ahom kingdom · 1228 – 1826
and 34 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania15 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Tenochtitlan · 1325 – 1521
- Aztec Empire · 1325 – 1521
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Norse settlement of North America · 1072 – 1384
- Purépecha Empire · 1300 – 1530
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Kingdom of Cusco · 1197 – 1438 · Cápac Yupanqui, Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco since 1320
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
- Texcoco · 1202 – 1428 · Quinatzin, Tlatoani of Texcoco since 1298
and 5 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown15 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598
- Burgraviate of Nuremberg · 1105 – 1486
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- House of Ögedei · 1200 – 1400
- Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe · 1220 – 1450
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604 · Si Kefa, Ruler of Möng Mao since 1335
- Savoyard state · 1003 – 1861
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
- Kingdom of al-Abwab · 1276 – 1367
- Connachta · 400 – 1474
and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1321 – 1371: every state, war and life of 1346 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1346: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.