1339
Year 1339 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- June - Battle of Laupen: The Canton of Bern defeats the forces of Fribourg.
- September 18 - Emperor Go-Murakami accedes to the throne of Japan.
- September 24 - Simone Boccanegra is elected, as the first Doge of Genoa.
Date unknown
- Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir, having defeated Kota Rani, Hindu queen regnant of Kashmir, in battle at Jayapur, asks her to marry him, but she commits suicide rather than do so; thus he takes over sole rule of Kashmir, beginning the Muslim Shah Mir Dynasty.
- All streets in the city of Florence are paved, the first European city in post-Roman times where this has happened.
- The Moscow Kremlin is first referred to as a kremlin.