Year 1331 (
MCCCXXXI) was a
common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
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.
Events
September–December
*
September 8 –
Stefan Dusan
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* Stefan (given name)
* Stefan (surname)
* Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname
* Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname
* Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...
declares himself king of
Serbia
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.
*
September 27 –
Battle of Płowce
The Battle of Płowce took place on 27 September 1331 between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order.
Background
The Teutonic plan was to support John of Bohemia in an invasion of Silesia. Władysław I the Elbow-high had claimed lordshi ...
: The German
Teutonic Knights
The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...
and the
Poles battle to a draw.
Date unknown
* The Sieges of
Cividale del Friuli
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and
Alicante
Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...
begin.
* The
Genkō War begins in Japan.
*
Ibn Battuta
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah (, ; 24 February 13041368/1369),; fully: ; Arabic: commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Berber Maghrebi scholar and explorer who travelled extensively in the lands of Afro-Eurasia, largely in the Muslim ...
visits
Kilwa
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.
* The first recorded outbreak of the
Black Death occurs, in the Chinese province of Hubei.
Births
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
*1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
*1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse. ...
–
Coluccio Salutati, Florentine political leader (d.
1406
Year 1406 ( MCDVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* April 4 – James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV ...
)
*
April 14
Events Pre-1600
*43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Ot ...
–
Jeanne-Marie de Maille, French Roman Catholic saint (b.
1414
Year 1414 ( MCDXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 7
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will ...
)
*
April 30
Events Pre-1600
* 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
* 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
*1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columb ...
–
Gaston III, Count of Foix (d.
1391
Year 1391 ( MCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* June 6 – Massacre of 1391: Anti-Jewish pogroms erupt in Seville, Spain. Many thousand ...
)
*
October 4 –
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d.
1382
Year 1382 ( MCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 20 – Princess Anne of Bohemia, a daughter of the late Charles IV, H ...
)
* ''date unknown''
**
Hamidüddin Aksarayî, Ottoman teacher of Islam (d.
1412
Year 1412 ( MCDXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) on the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 16 – The Medici Family are made official bankers of the Papacy.
* January ...
)
**
Blanche d'Évreux, queen consort of France (d.
1398
Year 1398 ( MCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 15 – Trần Thuận Tông is forced to abdicate as ruler of the Trần ...
)
**
Michael Palaiologos, Byzantine prince
* ''probable'' –
Salvestro de' Medici Salvestro di Alamanno de' Medici (c. 1331 – 1388) was a former Gonfaloniere and Provost of the city of Florence.
Salvestro was a member of the patrician class and an adversary of the noble Guelphic faction, who had been pursuing a policy ...
, provost of Florence (d.
1388
Year 1388 ( MCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February – The entire court of Richard II of England are convicted of treason b ...
)
Deaths
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
* 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
* 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written ...
–
Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer
*
April 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
*1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of H ...
–
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford (b. c.
1257)
*
May 12
Events Pre-1600
* 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.
* 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tan ...
–
Engelbert of Admont, abbot of Admont in Styria
*
October 27 –
Abulfeda
Ismāʿīl b. ʿAlī b. Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Shāhanshāh b. Ayyūb b. Shādī b. Marwān ( ar, إسماعيل بن علي بن محمود بن محمد بن عمر بن شاهنشاه بن أيوب بن شادي بن مروان ...
, Kurdish Syrian historian and geographer (b.
1273)
*
November 11 –
Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (b. c.
1285)
*
December 26 –
Philip I, Prince of Taranto, titular Latin Emperor (b.
1278)
*
December 30 –
Bernard Gui
Bernard Gui (), also known as Bernardo Gui or Bernardus Guidonis (c. 1261/62 – 30 December 1331), was a Dominican friar, Bishop of Lodève, and a papal inquisitor during the later stages of the Medieval Inquisition.
Due to his fictional ...
, French inquisitor (b.
1261
Year 1261 ( MCCLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* March 13 – Treaty of Nymphaeum: Emperor Michael VIII (Palaiologos) sig ...
or
1262
Year 1262 ( MCCLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Mongol Empire
* Berke–Hulagu War: Mongol forces under Berke Khan, ruler of the Golden Horde, r ...
)
* ''date unknown'' –
Matilda of Hainaut, Princess of Achaea (b.
1293)
References
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