1347

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

1347 in other calendars

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

• 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