Events of 1350

• England invades France.

• 29 August – Battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer: An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet.

• Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire.

• The Black Death first appears in Scotland.

• The city of Rapperswil is widely destroyed by Rudolf Brun, mayor of the city of Zürich.

Births

• January 23 – Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)

• April 13 – Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (d. 1405)

• June 27 – Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1425)

• October 12 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Muscovy and Vladimir (d. 1389)

• November 25 – Katherine Swynford, mistress of John of Gaunt (approximate date; d. 1403)

• December 27 – John I of Aragon (d. 1395)

• date unknown

• *Jehuda Cresques, Catalan cartographer (d. 1427)

• *Agnolo Gaddi, Italian painter (d. 1396)

• *William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England (approximate date; d. 1419)

• *Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 1397)

• *John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; d. 1400)

• *Madhava of Sangamagrama, Indian mathematician (d. 1425)

• *John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (approximate date; d. 1414)

• *Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (d. 1415)

• *William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1399)

• *Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish historian (d. 1420)

• *Záviš von Zap, Czech theologian and composer (d. 1411?)

Deaths

• March 26 – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1311)

• April 3 – Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)

• August 22 – Philip VI of France (b. 1293)

• November 19 – Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu

• December 26 – Jean de Marigny, French bishop

• date unknown – Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn, last Gaelic Mormaer of Strathearn

• probable

• *Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (b. c. 1283)

• *Namdev, Marathi saint and poet (b. 1270)

Ongoing events

• The Black Death (1347–1351)