Directory

1330 CE

Battle of Velbazhd: The Bulgarians under Tsar Michael Shishman (who is mortally wounded) are beaten by the Serbs. Bulgaria does not lose any territory to Serbia, but is powerless to stop the Serbian advance towards the predominantly Bulgarian-populated Macedonia. 12 – Battle of Posada: The Wallachians, under Basarab I, defeat the Hungarians, though heavily outnumbered, thus making a firm statement towards the independence of Wallachia. The British Isles are hit by a great storm, creating large areas of sand dunes on Anglesey.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Ivan Alexander becomes the despot of Lovech.source

Conflict & Security

  • July 28 – Battle of Velbazhd: The Bulgarians under Tsar Michael Shishman (who is mortally wounded) are beaten by the Serbs. Bulgaria does not lose any territory to Serbia, but is powerless to stop the Serbian advance towards the predominantly Bulgarian-populated Macedonia.source
  • October 19 – King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, arresting his regent Roger Mortimer, and having him executed.source
  • November 9–12 – Battle of Posada: The Wallachians, under Basarab I, defeat the Hungarians, though heavily outnumbered, thus making a firm statement towards the independence of Wallachia.source

Religion & Belief

  • May – Odoric of Pordenone narrates the story of his 10 years of missionary travel to China, from which he is newly returned, to Friar William of Solagna in Padua, who records it as the Relatio.source

Climate & Environment

  • December 6 – The British Isles are hit by a great storm, creating large areas of sand dunes on Anglesey.source

Culture & Society

  • Vilnius, Lithuania receives its coat-of-arms, granted to the city in the seventh year of its existence.source

Births

  • June 15 – Edward the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (d. 1376)source
  • July 4 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (d. 1367)source
  • October 25 – Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)source
  • Altichiero, Italian painter (d. 1390)source
  • Euphemia of Sicily, princess regent of Sicily (d. 1359)source
  • John Gower, English poet (d. 1410)source
  • Frans Ackerman, Flemish statesman (d. 1387)source
  • Nicolas Flamel, French scribe and manuscript-seller, reputed alchemist (d. 1417)source

Deaths

  • January 13 – Duke Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)source
  • January 21 – Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, queen dowager of France (b. 1291)source
  • March 19 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I and brother of Edward II (executed by Roger Mortimer) (b. 1301)source
  • May 3 – Alexios II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1282)source
  • August 25 – On or about this date, Sir James Douglas, Scottish guerilla leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence (b. circa 1286)source
  • September 28 – Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (b. 1292)source
  • November 29 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (b. 1287)source
  • Maximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologiansource
  • Pietro Cavallini, Italian artist (b. 1259)source
  • Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula, Marinid prince and shaykh al-ghuzat of the Emirate of Granadasource
  • Immanuel the Roman, Italian scholar and poet (b. 1270)source
  • Guillaume Durand, French clergymansource
  • c. July 31 – Tsar Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1280s?)source