1320s
The 1320s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1320, and ended on December 31, 1329.
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Events
1320
January–December
- January 20 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
- April 6 – The Scots reaffirm their independence, by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- September 9 – Battle of Saint George: The Byzantines under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.
Date unknown
- Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
- The Venetian Arsenal is rebuilt, as the Arsenal Nuovo.
- The Second Shepherds' Crusade begins.
- Dante's Quaestio de Aqua et Terra is published.
- In England, many horses die of a disease called "Ffarsine".[1]
- The Byzantine governor in the Morea, Andronikos Asen, captures the Frankish castles of Akova, Karytaina and St. George, securing control over Arcadia and Cynuria.
1321
January–December
- c. May–June – Leper scare: Rumours that lepers (acting on the orders of Jews bribed by Moors) are attempting to poison the Christian population spread throughout southern France.
- August 14 – King Edward II of England reluctantly agrees to demands from his barons to send Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his son Hugh Despenser the Younger into exile.[2]
- October 29 – King Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia dies. His son Stephen Constantine claims the throne, but Constantine's younger half-brother Stephen Uroš III Dečanski succeeds.
Date unknown
- The Byzantine civil war of 1321–28 begins, when Andronikos III Palaiologos initiates an uprising against Andronikos II Palaiologos.[3]
- A bad harvest brings famine in Europe.
- The Anatolian beylik of Teke is established.
- Gračanica monastery in Kosovo is rebuilt by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin.
- Spitakavor Monastery is completed in Armenia.
- The University of Florence is established.[4]
- The Kebra Negast is translated from Arabic to Ge'ez, according to its colophon.
1322
January–December
- January 6 – Stephen Uroš III Dečanski is crowned King of Serbia, having defeated his half-brother Stefan Konstantin in battle.
- February 13
- The central tower of Ely Cathedral in England falls, on the night of February 12th-13th.
- The Dalmatian house of Keglević (generatio Percal) is for the first time mentioned in a document.
- March 10 – Despenser War - Battle of Burton Bridge: Edward II of England drives off rebel forces.
- March 16 – Battle of Boroughbridge: Edward II of England defeats several rebellious barons.
- June 24 – Jews are expelled from France for the third time.
- September 28 – Battle of Mühldorf: Bavaria defeats Austria.
- October 8 – Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, defeated in the battle of Bliska, is arrested by the Parliament.
- October 14 – First War of Scottish Independence - Battle of Old Byland: Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats English troops in North Yorkshire.
1323
January–December
- March 6 – Treaty of Paris: Louis I, Count of Flanders relinquishes his claim to Zeeland.
- July 18 – Thomas Aquinas is canonized.[5]
- August 12 – The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and the Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border for the first time.
Date unknown
- The first Great Black Death epidemic spreads through southern parts of Asia, killing 50 million people by 1353.
- Lithuania: In the Letters of Gediminas, Vilnius is named as the capital city.
- Remains of the Lighthouse of Alexandria (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) are toppled by the third of a series of earthquakes.
- Malietoafaiga ordered cannibalism to be abolished in Tutuila, now known as American Samoa.
- A conflict between Ingeborg of Norway, and the regencies of her son in Sweden and Norway, ends with the diminution of her power.
1324
- 23 March – Pope John XXII excommunicates German king Louis IV, as Louis had not sought papal approval during his conflict with Frederick the Fair. Louis in turn declares the pope a heretic, because of John's opposition against the view of Christ's absolute poverty held by some Franciscans.
Date unknown
- Marsilius of Padua writes his defence of the secular state, Defensor pacis.
- Emperor Musa I of Mali arrives in Cairo on his hajj to Mecca, accompanied by an entourage numbering in the thousands, and with hundreds of pounds of gold. This display of wealth garners the Mali Empire a place on European maps in 1395. On his return journey, he peacefully annexes Timbuktu. He is said to have told the Arabic historian Al-Umari that "his predecessors had launched two expeditions from West Africa to discover the limits of the Atlantic Ocean."
1325
January–December
- January 7 – Afonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
- February – Muhammad bin Tughluq succeeds his father Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, as Sultan of Delhi.
- July – War of the Bucket breaks out: Modena makes incursions into the territory of Bologna.
- November 15 – Battle of Zappolino: Modena defeats Bologna.
Date unknown
- The town of Bolu is conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
- Ibn Battuta begins his travels.
- Mansa Musa completes his pilgrimage to Mecca.
1326
January–December
- January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College, the University of Oxford's fifth oldest (still surviving) college, is confirmed by royal charter.
- February 10–March 11 – Raid on Brandenburg: Allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland, led by Władysław I the Elbow-high, and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led by the pagan Gediminas, raid Louis V of Germany's Margraviate of Brandenburg (within the Holy Roman Empire), with the sanction of Pope John XXII.
- April 19 – A peace treaty in the Flemish peasant revolt, 1323-1328, is ratified.
- June 3 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates the border between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
- August 27 – A marriage contract is drawn up between Prince Edward (the future Edward III of England) and Philippa of Hainault, guaranteeing that the wedding will take place within two years.[6]
- September 24 – England is invaded by Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer.[7]
- October – Ibn Battuta reaches Mecca.
Date unknown
- Orhan I succeeds Osman I, on the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
- Ingeborg of Norway is deposed from political power in Sweden.
- The use of the word "cannon" is first recorded in reference to a firearm.
- Clare College, the University of Cambridge's second oldest (still surviving) college, is founded.
1327
January–December
- January 25 – The 14-year-old Edward III is proclaimed King of England, after his mother Isabella has engineered the abdication of his imprisoned father Edward II of England, on January 20, effective January 25. Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer rule as regents (the coronation takes place February 1).
- April 6 (Good Friday) – Tuscan writer Petrarch sees a woman he names Laura in the church of Sainte-Claire d'Avignon, which awakes in him a lasting passion. He writes a series of sonnets and other poems in Italian dedicated to her, which are collected into Il Canzoniere, an influential model for Renaissance culture.
- June 14 – A peace treaty is signed between Norway and Sønderjylland.
- June 21 – Ingeborg of Norway marries her lover Knud Porse, but is deposed from political power in Norway.
- November – Alfonso IV of Aragon begins his reign.
1328
- January 24 – Philippa of Hainault marries King Edward III of England a year after his coronation.[8] The marriage produces ten children, the eldest of whom is Edward the Black Prince.
- May 1 – Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton: England recognises Scotland as an independent nation, after the Wars of Scottish Independence.
- May 12 – Antipope Nicholas V is consecrated at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by the bishop of Venice.
- May 26 – William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon, under threat from Pope John XXII.
- May 29 – King Philip VI of France is crowned, founding the House of Valois, after the death of King Charles IV of France, who has no sons to inherit.
- August 23 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
- Undated – The Augustiner-Bräu is first recorded as the brewery of an Augustinian monastery at Munich.[9]
1329
January–December
- February 1 – King John of Bohemia (of the Teutonic Order) captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders.
- February 18 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1332).
- March 27 – Pope John XXII condemns some teachings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
- April – Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII.
- June 6 – Edward III of England pays homage to Philip VI of France for Aquitaine.
- June 7 – David II becomes King of Scots age 5; he will rule Scotland for nearly 42 years.
- June 10 – Braganstown massacre, County Louth, Ireland: Over 160 are killed.
- June 11 – Battle of Maltepe (Pelekanon): Ottoman Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire.
Date unknown
- Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy.
- Construction begins on the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork, Poland.
- Amberg, Germany, passes to the House of Wittelsbach.
- Michael of Cesena is deposed as General of the Franciscans.
- Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia defeats Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia.
- Wiesbaden is granted the right of coinage by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
Significant people
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