Events of 1339

• 23 September – Simone Boccanegra is elected as the first Doge of Genoa.

• Emperor Go-Murakami accedes to the throne of Japan.

• Kashmir is conquered by Muslims.

• All streets in the city of Florence are paved, making it the first European city to do so.

• The Kremlin in Moscow is built.

Births

• July 23 – King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)

• November 1 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)

• date unknown

• *Pope Alexander V (d. 1410)

• *Eric XII of Sweden (d. 1359)

• *Frederick, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut (d. 1393)

• *John V, Duke of Brittany (d. 1399)

• *Juana Manuel of Castile, queen consort of Castile (d. 1381)

• *Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani, Arabian encyclopaedist (d. 1414)

Deaths

• February 17 – Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)

• May 26 – Aldona Ona, Queen of Poland (b. c. 1309)

• August 16 – Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302)

• September 1 – Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1305)

• September 19 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)

• October 29 – Alexander I, Grand Prince of Tver (b. 1301)

• date unknown – Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1260)