1338 (MCCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1338th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 338th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 14th century, and the 9th year of the 1330s decade.
Year 1338 (MCCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. October 5 – Hundred Years' War, English Channel naval campaign: Southampton is destroyed. Hundred Years' War: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor appoints Edward III of England as a vicar-general of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Year 1338 (MCCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
The Battle of Arnemuiden was a naval battle fought on 23 September 1338 at the start of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. It was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first recorded European naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christopher had three cannons and one handgun.
On 16 July 1338 [1] six electors from Cologne, Mainz and Trier, Saxe-Wittenberg, Brandenburg and the Electorate of the Palatinate met at the Nussbaumgarten in Rhens to support Emperor Louis IV.