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| Decades: 1290s 1300s 1310s - 1320s - 1330s 1340s 1350s | |
| Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century | |
Events
- January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
- April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- 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.
Births
- April 8 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
- date unknown
- Blanka of Namur, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1363)
- Chen Youliang, founder of the Great Han regime (d. 1363)
- John Hawkwood, English mercenary (d. 1394)
- Iolo Goch, Welsh poet (d. 1398)
- Shams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-Khalīlī, Arab astronomer (d. 1380)
- Lalleshwari, Hindu poet (d. 1292)
- Louis of Taranto (d. 1362)
- Michael Panaretos, chronicler of Trebizond (d. 1390)
- Nissim of Gerona, talmudist and authority in Jewish law (d. 1380)
- Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (d. 1398)
- Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1346)
- Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan, Grand Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1370)
- William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (d. 1404)
- probable
- Bertrand du Guesclin, Breton knight (d. 1380)
- King Valdemar IV of Denmark (d. 1375)
Deaths
- January 12 - John Dalderby, Bishop of Lincoln
- January 21 - Árni Helgason, Icelandic bishop (born c. 1260)
- March 1 - Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Emperor Renzong of Yuan (born 1286)
- May 29 - Pope John VIII of Alexandria, Coptic pope
- July 20 - King Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)
- October 12 - Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine co-emperor (b. 1277)
- October 31 - Ricold of Monte Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242)
- date unknown
- Blessed Margaret of Castello, patron of the poor, crippled, and unwanted (b. 1287)
- Jan Muskata, Bishop of Krakow (b. 1250)
- Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah, last Khilji ruler of India
- Radulphus Brito, French grammarian
- Filippo Tesauro, Italian painter (b. 1260)
- Yasa'ur, Chagatai prince
- probable - Geoffrey of Paris, French chronicler
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