- Jan 9 Black Death Massacre: 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, are burnt to death in a specially constructed building on suspicion of poisoning the community during the Bubonic Plague; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Jan 30 Black Death Massacre: Jews (except pregnant women and children) are burnt to death on suspicion of poisoning the community during the Bubonic Plague, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Jan 30 Gunther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king
Black Death
Feb 2 By this date at least 200 people a day were being buried in London as a result of the Black Death
- Feb 14 Black Death Massacre: 900 Jews are burned alive in Strasbourg and similar number banned from the city after being blamed for the spread of the Black Death; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Feb 16 Jews are expelled from Burgdorf, Switzerland, accused of spreading the Bubonic Plague
- Feb 23 Jews are expelled from Zurich, Switzerland, on suspicion of poisoning wells
- Mar 21 Black Death Massacre: Between 100 and 3,000 Jews are killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt, Germany; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Mar 22 Black Death Massacre: Townspeople of Fulda, Landgraviate of Hesse massacre Jews, blaming them for the Black Death; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Apr 30 Black Death Massacre: Jewish community of Radolfzell, Germany, exterminated
- May 28 Black Death Massacre: 60 Jews murdered in Breslau, Silesia; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Aug 24 Black Death Massacre: 6,000 Jews, blamed for spreading the Bubonic Plague, are killed in Mainz, Electorate of Mainz; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Aug 24 Black Death Massacre: Jews of Free Imperial City of Cologne set themselves on fire to avoid forced baptism into Christianity amidst Bubonic Plague accusations; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Sep 10 Black Death Massacre: Jews who survived Black Death riots in Constance. Prince-Bishopric of Constance, Holy Roman Empire are burned to death; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Sep 29 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells
- Oct 5 Paris theologian Jean de Fayt warns against the Flagellants at Avignon
- Nov 1 Black Death Massacre: Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels, accusing them of poisoning the wells during the Bubonic Plague; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Nov 29 Black Death Massacre: Jews of Free Imperial City of Augsburg massacred amidst accusations of them causing the Bubonic Plague; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
- Dec 5 Black Death Massacre: 500 Jews of Free Imperial City of Nuremberg massacred during Black Death riots; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
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