Walter de Brienne, Duke of Athens, becomes sovereign lord of Florence.
Accession of Louis, called the Great, to the throne of Hungary, on the death of King Charles Robert, his father.
1343. Expulsion from Florence of the Duke of Athens; popular government restored.
A truce of three years arranged between England and France by the mediation of the papal legates.
1344. Breach of the truce between England and France; Earl Derby defeats Count de Lisle and reduces a great part of Perigord.
A Turkish fleet is destroyed at Pallene by the Knights of Rhodes, who assist in the capture of Smyrna by the Venetians and the King of Cyprus.
Masham, an Englishman, first discovers the Madeira Islands.
In England, parliament, by the Statute of Provisors, forbids the interference of the pope in bestowing benefices and livings in England.
1345. Fall and death of James Van Artevelde at Ghent.
1346. Battle of Crécy; cannon said to have been first used by the English. See "Battles of Sluys and Crécy," vii, [78.]