1338
year
1338 (MCCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1338th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 338th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 14th century, and the 9th year of the 1330s decade. As of the start of 1338, 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: | 1300s 1310s 1320s – 1330s – 1340s 1350s 1360s |
| Years: | 1335 1336 1337 – 1338 – 1339 1340 1341 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1338 MCCCXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2091 |
| Armenian calendar | 787 ԹՎ ՉՁԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6088 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1259–1260 |
| Bengali calendar | 745 |
| Berber calendar | 2288 |
| English Regnal year | 11 Edw. 3 – 12 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1882 |
| Burmese calendar | 700 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6846–6847 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 4034 or 3974 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4035 or 3975 |
| Coptic calendar | 1054–1055 |
| Discordian calendar | 2504 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1330–1331 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5098–5099 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1394–1395 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1259–1260 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4438–4439 |
| Holocene calendar | 11338 |
| Igbo calendar | 338–339 |
| Iranian calendar | 716–717 |
| Islamic calendar | 738–739 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōkei 7 / Ryakuō 1 (暦応元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1250–1251 |
| Julian calendar | 1338 MCCCXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3671 |
| Minguo calendar | 574 before ROC 民前574年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −130 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1880–1881 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1464 or 1083 or 311 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1465 or 1084 or 312 |
Events change
- Hundred Years' War: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor appoints Edward III of England as a vicar-general of the Holy Roman Empire. Louis supports Edward's claim to the French throne under the terms of the Treaty of Koblenz.
- Philip VI of France besieges Guienne in Southwest France and his navy attacks Portsmouth in England.
- Ashikaga Takauji granted title of Shogun by the emperor of Japan.
- Nicomedia is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
Births change
- 21 January – Charles V of France (died 1380)
- 3 February – Joanna of Bourbon (died 1378)
- 5 October – Alexios III of Trebizond (died 1390)
- 29 November – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (died 1368)
Unknown dates change
- George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March (died 1420)
- Niccolò II d'Este (died 1388)
- Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros (died 1383)
- Margaret de Stafford (died 1396)
- Tvrtko I of Bosnia (died 1391)
Deaths change
- 24 April – Theodore I of Montferrat (born c. 1270)
- 5 May – Prince Tsunenaga, son of Japanese Emperor (born 1324)
- July – Muhammad Khan, Persian monarch
- 4 August – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (born 1300)
- 22 August – William II of Athens (born 1312)
Unknown dates change
- Kitabatake Akiie, Japanese governor (born 1318)
- Alfonso Fadrique, Sicilian noble
- Awhadi of Maragheh, Persian poet
- Prince Narinaga, Japanese Shogun (born 1325)
- Marino Sanuto the Elder, Venetian statesman and geographer (born c. 1260)
- John Wishart, Scottish bishop
- Nitta Yoshiaki, Japanese Samurai
- Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese Samurai