Year 1348 (MCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events of 1348 April 7 – Charles University is founded in Prague. June – Two ships enter the Bristol Channel and bring the bubonic plague to England. June 24 – The Black Death outbreak goes into full swing in Melcombe Regis (modern-day Weymouth, Dorset in England). July 6 – A Papal bull is issued by Pope Clement VI, protecting Jews against popular aggr… (More on 1348)