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1328 CE

Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton: England recognises Scotland as an independent nation, after the Wars of Scottish Independence. 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. Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • May 1 – Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton: England recognises Scotland as an independent nation, after the Wars of Scottish Independence.source

Conflict & Security

  • August 23 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.source

Religion & Belief

  • January 17 – Louis IV, "the Bavarian", is crowned Holy Roman Emperor at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Because of conflict with the Avignon Papacy, the ceremony is carried out by a senator and three Italian bishops.source
  • May 12 – Antipope Nicholas V is consecrated at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by the bishop of Venice.source
  • May 26 – William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon, under threat from Pope John XXII.source
  • Undated – The Augustiner-Bräu is first recorded as the brewery of an Augustinian monastery at Munich.source

Culture & Society

  • January 24 – Philippa of Hainault marries King Edward III of England a year after his coronation. The marriage produces ten children, the eldest of whom is Edward the Black Prince.source

Births

  • April 1 – Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1393)source
  • May 7 – Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1365)source
  • June 25 – William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (d. 1397)source
  • September 29 – Joan of Kent, princess of Wales, spouse of Edward the Black Prince (d. 1385)source
  • October 9 – King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369)source
  • October 21 – Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)source
  • November 11 – Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (d. 1360)source
  • November 25 – Antipope Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna (d. 1423)source
  • Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (d. 1368)source
  • Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas ("Archibald the Grim", "Black Archibald"), Scottish magnate and warrior (d. 1400)source

Deaths

  • February 1 – King Charles IV of France (b. 1294)source
  • 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.source
  • August 15 – Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan dynasty (b. 1293)source
  • August 23 – Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)source
  • September 26 – Ibn Taymiyyah, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (b. 1263)source
  • October 12 (or 13) – Clementia of Hungary, Queen consort of France and Navarre (b. 1293)source
  • November 16 – Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shōgun (b. 1276)source
  • Meister Eckhart, German theologian (b. 1260)source
  • Andronikos Angelos Palaiologos, Byzantine nobleman and governor (b. ca. 1282)source