The plague stalks in Europe. See "The Black Death Ravages Europe," vii, [130.]
1349. Institution (or revival, see A.D. 1192) of the Order of the Garter in England.
Dauphiny annexed to France on condition that the King's eldest son should be called the dauphin.
1350. Death of Philip VI; his son, John the Good, succeeds to the French throne.
1351. Zurich joins the Swiss confederation.
Paganino Doria, commanding the Genoese fleet, plunders many Venetian towns on the Adriatic.
1352. A statute of præmunire still further limits the papal power in England.
Naval battle in the Bosporus between the Genoese, under Paganino Doria, and the Venetians, Byzantines, and Catalans under Niccola Pisano; the latter are defeated, and concede the entire command of the Black Sea to the Genoese.
1353. Alliance of Genoa with Louis of Hungary; their fleet, under Antonino Grinaldi, defeated; in despair the Genoese place themselves under the protection of John Visconte.
Bern joins the league of Swiss cantons.