Year 1337 (Roman numerals, MCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

* March 16 – Edward, the Black Prince establishes the Duchy of Cornwall, becoming the first English people, English Duke. * May 24 – Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony from English control. * August – Second War of Scottish Independence: English forces relieve Stirling Castle, ending Edward III of England's last campaign in Scotland. * October – Hundred Years' War: Edward III of England formally rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, initiating hostilities between France and England. * November – Battle of Cadzand: English troops raid the County of Flanders, Flemish island of Cadzand.

Date unknown

* Bisham Priory is founded in Kingdom of England, England. * The Scaligeri Family loses control of Padua; Alberto II della Scala, Alberto della Scala, patron of the music of the Trecento, moves to Verona. * Petrarch, "father" of Renaissance humanism, first visits Rome to wander its mysterious ruins, with an eye for aesthetics as well as for history, exciting a renewed interest in Classical antiquity, Classical civilisation. * The Sofia Psalter is produced in Bulgaria. * The Despotate of Epirus is conquered by the Byzantine Empire. * The Chinese famine of 1333–1337, famine in China, which had lasted since 1332 and killed 6,000,000, comes to an end. * Siege of Nicomedia: After its foundation by Osman I in about 1299, the Ottoman Empire expanded across Bithynia in north-west Anatolia by capturing territory from the Byzantine Empire.

Births

* February 25 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Czech Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1383) * ''date unknown'' ** Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1410) ** Jean Froissart, historian and courtier from County of Hainaut, Hainaut (d. 1405) ** Bianca of Savoy, lady consort of Milan (d. 1387) ** Chŏng Mong-ju, Goryeo diplomat and poet (d. 1392) ** Robert III of Scotland, second monarch from the House of Stewart to rule Scotland (d. 1406)

Deaths

* January 8 – Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter (b. 1267) * June 7 – William I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1286) * June 15 – Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of Fraticelli (b. 1247) * June 25 – Frederick III of Sicily (b. 1272) * June 30 – Eleanor de Clare, politically active English noble (b. 1290) * ''date unknown'' ** Changshi, khan of the Chagatai Khanate ** William Frangipani, Latin Archbishop of Patras ** Musa I of Mali, ruler of the Malian Empire (b. c.1280) ** Prince Narinaga, Japanese List of shōguns, Shōgun (b. 1326, d. either 1337 or 1344, the sources are contradictory)

References

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