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Rulers 
 EDWARD (III, King of England 1327-1377)
1340 Universal Crop Failure
  Battle of the Salado River
  Queen's College Oxford founded.
  Building work at Windsor Castle
 Jan 25 Edward declares himself King
 Mar 29 Edward raises taxes
 Jun 24 Battle of Sluys
 Jul Siege of Tournai
 Sep 25 Treaty of Esplechin
 Nov Edward dismisses his Chancellor
1341Spring Edward raises funds
 Jun David II returns to Scotland
 Jul Edward goes north
1342 Clement VI becomes Pope
 Jan Truce agreed with David II
 Oct Edward and Brittany
 Dec Siege of Vannes
1343 Rochester Cathedral Tower
 Jan Treaty of Malstroit
 May 12 The Black Prince becomes Prince of Wales
1344 Construction of Chillingham Castle
 Jan 19 First Round Table at Windsor
1346 Maxstoke Castle licence to crenellate
 Jan 1 Edward III orders an invasion fleet
 Jul 5 Edward departs from Southampton
 Jul 12 Edward III lands in Normandy
 Jul 17 Devastation of Normandy
 Aug Edward III crosses the Seine
 Aug 26 Battle of Crecy
 Sep 4 Siege of Calais
 Oct 17 Scots defeated at Neville's Cross
1347 The Black Death
 Aug Calais captured by the English
 Sep Edward accepts truce
1348 Founding of the Order of the Garter
  Construction of Maxstoke Castle
  Water gate built at Tower of London
 Apr 23 Creation of the Order of the Garter
 Jun The Plague reaches England
1349 Meaux Abbey hit by epidemic
  Earthquake
 Summer The Plague is at its peak
 Qtr 3 Spanish fleet sail up English Channel
Other Key People 
 Philippa (of Hainault)
 Philippe (VI, King of France 1328-1350)
 Balliol, Edward (King of Scotland 1332)
 David (II, King of the Scots 1329-1371)
 Edward (The Black Prince)
 Arthur (King)
 Joan (of Kent)
Episodes 
 The Black Death
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1347 The Black Death
1348 Jun The Plague reaches England
1349 Meaux Abbey hit by epidemic
  Summer The Plague is at its peak
 Edward III - The Hundred Years War
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1340 Jan 25 Edward declares himself King
  Mar 29 Edward raises taxes
  Jun 24 Battle of Sluys
  Sep 25 Treaty of Esplechin
1341 Spring Edward raises funds
1342 Oct Edward and Brittany
  Dec Siege of Vannes
1343 Jan Treaty of Malstroit
1346 Jan 1 Edward III orders an invasion fleet
  Jul 5 Edward departs from Southampton
  Jul 12 Edward III lands in Normandy
  Jul 17 Devastation of Normandy
  Aug Edward III crosses the Seine
  Aug 26 Battle of Crecy
  Sep 4 Siege of Calais
1347 Aug Calais captured by the English
  Sep Edward accepts truce
Religious Building Construction 
1343 Rochester Cathedral Tower
Military Building Construction 
1340 Building work at Windsor Castle
1344 Construction of Chillingham Castle
1346 Maxstoke Castle licence to crenellate
1348 Construction of Maxstoke Castle
  Water gate built at Tower of London
Battles 
1340 Battle of the Salado River
 Jun 24 Battle of Sluys
1346Aug 26 Battle of Crecy
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Medieval and Middle Ages History Timelines - 10 year overview for 1340
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