1339

Events 
 23 September – Simone Boccanegra elected to be the first Doge of Genoa.
 Emperor Go-Murakami ascends to the throne of Japan.
 Kashmir is conquered by Muslims.

 Births 
 July 23 – King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384)
 November 1 – Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (died 1365)
 Pope Alexander V (died 1410)
 John V, Duke of Brittany (died 1399)
 Eric XII of Sweden (died 1359)

 Deaths 
 February 17 – Duke Otto of Austria (born 1301)
 May 26 – Aldona Ona, Queen of Poland
 September 19 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (born 1288)
 Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1260)