1347
year
1347 (MCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1347th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 347th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 14th century, and the 8th year of the 1340s decade. As of the start of 1347, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 13th century – 14th century – 15th century |
| Decades: | 1310s 1320s 1330s – 1340s – 1350s 1360s 1370s |
| Years: | 1344 1345 1346 – 1347 – 1348 1349 1350 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1347 MCCCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2100 |
| Armenian calendar | 796 ԹՎ ՉՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6097 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1268–1269 |
| Bengali calendar | 754 |
| Berber calendar | 2297 |
| English Regnal year | 20 Edw. 3 – 21 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1891 |
| Burmese calendar | 709 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6855–6856 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4043 or 3983 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4044 or 3984 |
| Coptic calendar | 1063–1064 |
| Discordian calendar | 2513 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1339–1340 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5107–5108 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1403–1404 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1268–1269 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4447–4448 |
| Holocene calendar | 11347 |
| Igbo calendar | 347–348 |
| Iranian calendar | 725–726 |
| Islamic calendar | 747–748 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōwa 3 (貞和３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1259–1260 |
| Julian calendar | 1347 MCCCXLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3680 |
| Minguo calendar | 565 before ROC 民前565年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −121 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1889–1890 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1473 or 1092 or 320 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1474 or 1093 or 321 |
Events
change- The Black Death ravages Europe (1347-1351)
- Roman Commoner Cola di Rienzo proclaims himself a new Roman dictator in Capitoline Hill in Rome; Pope Clement VI denounces him as a pagan and a heretic and he is driven out of the city by the end of the year