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Bubonic plague reaches Constantinople and other parts of the Byzantine Empire.
John Cantacuzenus, who has opposed the forces of John V Palaeologus in the Byzantine civil war, takes Constantinople and seizes the throne, reigning as John VI until 1354.
After a long siege the English take Calais in France.
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