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1346| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | c. 1340–c. 1370 | Wales [poetry] | Welsh writer Dafydd ap Gwilym writes a body of poems – mostly love lyrics and nature poems – which are the highpoint of Welsh Medieval literature. | | 4 April 1346 | Italy, Holy Roman Empire, Hungary [political events] | By abandoning imperial claims in Italy, Charles of Bohemia receives the consent of Pope Clement VI to his election as king of the Romans. Pope Clement VI subsequently orders the German electors to choose a king to replace Ludwig I of Hungary. | | 16 April 1346 | Serbia [administration] | King Stephen Dušan IV of Serbia is crowned emperor of the Serbs and Greeks in Skopje, Serbia. | | 12 July 1346 | France, England [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | King Edward III of England, seeking to exploit Norman disaffection with King Philip VI of France, lands in northern Normandy at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. | | 26 August 1346 | France, England [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | King Edward III of England defeats a French force at Crécy, France. Among those killed on the French side are King John I of Bohemia who is succeeded by Charles, and Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, who is succeeded by his son Louis de Maële. King Philip VI of France escapes to Amiens, France. | | 17 October 1346 | England, Scotland, France [Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296–1371)] | King David II of Scotland invades England and is defeated and captured at Neville's Cross, outside Durham, England. His action helps to relieve the pressure placed on France by King Edward III of England. |
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