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1329 CE

Pope John XXII issues a bull condemning some teachings of Meister Eckhart (who died last year) as heretical. David II becomes King of Scots at age 5; he will rule Scotland for nearly 42 years. Braganstown massacre, County Louth, Ireland: Over 160 are killed.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • June 7 – David II becomes King of Scots at age 5; he will rule Scotland for nearly 42 years.source
  • 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.source
  • Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy.source

Conflict & Security

  • February 18 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1332).source
  • June 10 – Braganstown massacre, County Louth, Ireland: Over 160 are killed.source
  • June 11 – Battle of Maltepe (Pelekanon): Ottoman Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire.source
  • Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia defeats Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia.source

Religion & Belief

  • 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.source
  • April – Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII.source
  • Michael of Cesena is deposed as General of the Franciscans.source

Economy & Finance

  • Wiesbaden is granted the right of coinage by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Construction begins on the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork, Poland.source

Culture & Society

  • June 6 – Edward III of England pays homage to Philip VI of France for Aquitaine.source

Births

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

Deaths

  • January 17 – Saint Roseline, Carthusian nun (b. 1263)source
  • March 27 – Pope John XXII issues a bull condemning some teachings of Meister Eckhart (who died last year) as heretical.source
  • April 21 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)source
  • May 9 – John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wellssource
  • May 31 – Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (b. 1261)source
  • June 7 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274)source
  • August 30 – Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan dynasty and the Mongol Empire (b. 1300)source
  • October 27 – Mahaut, Countess of Artois (b. 1268)source
  • Oshin of Korikos, regent of Armenia (assassinated)source
  • Edward, Count of Savoy (b. 1284)source
  • random serf in the montenegren province of austriasource