1329

Events

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 at 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.
• August 4 – Wittelsbach possessions are divided by the Treaty of Pavia into those of the Bavarian line and those of Palatinate line. Both lines will be reunited in 1777.

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.
• 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.

Births

• September 26 – Anne of Bavaria, queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1353)
• November 22 – Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine consort of Nuremberg (d. 1375)
• November 29 – John I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1340)
• date unknown
  • Fairuzabadi, Persian Arab lexicographer (d. 1414)
  • Prince Lazar of Serbia (d. 1389)
  • Philip II, Prince of Taranto (d. 1374)
  • Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai (d. 1392)

Deaths

• January 17 – Saint Roseline, Carthusian nun (b. 1263)
• April 21 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
• May 9 – John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells
• May 31 – Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (b. 1261)
• June 7 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274)
• August 30 – Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan dynasty and the Mongol Empire (b. 1300)
• October 27 – Mahaut, Countess of Artois (b. 1268)
• date unknown
  • Walter Herok, Bishop of Aberdeen
  • Michael of Imereti
  • Oshin of Korikos, regent of Armenia (assassinated)
  • Edward, Count of Savoy (b. 1284)
  • Maol Íosa IV, Earl of Strathearn

References

References

1. Batūra, Romas. (2005). "Laukuva". Versmė.
2. F. Lydon, James (1977). Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, Volume 19, No.1. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and History Society. pp. 5–10. JSTOR 27729435.
3. Bartusis, Marc C. The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204–1453, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.