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★26 Mar 1344
Reconquista: The Muslim city of Algeciras surrendered after a 21-month siege and was incorporated into the Kingdom of Castile.

★11 Jun 1345
Inspecting a new prison without being escorted by his bodyguard, the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, was lynched by the prisoners.

★21 Oct 1345
Hundred Years' War: The English victory at the Battle of Auberoche marked a change in the military balance of power in Aquitaine, with the subsequent collapse of the French position.

★17 Oct 1346
During the Hundred Years' War, King David II of Scotland was captured in the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.

★23 Apr 1348
The first appointments to the Order of the Garter, an order of chivalry founded by King Edward III of England, were announced.

★29 Aug 1350
Hundred Years' War: Led by King Edward III, an English fleet of 50 ships captured at least 14 Castilian ships and sank several more in the Battle of Winchelsea.

★26 Mar 1351
War of the Breton Succession: Thirty knights each from France and England fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany, which later was celebrated as a noble display of the ideals of chivalry.

★17 Apr 1362
Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle in Lithuania.

★13 May 1373
English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness, during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ; later she described them in Revelations of Divine Love, the first known English language book written by a woman.

★21 Jul 1378
Unrepresented labourers in Florence revolted and violently took over the city's government to grant them political office.

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