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1336 CE

The Kenmu Restoration ends and the Muromachi period begins in Japan; start of the Nanboku-chō period. The governor of Baghdad, Oirat 'Ali Padsah, defeats Arpa Ke'un near Maraga, contributing to the disintegration of the Ilkhanate. 22 – Second War of Scottish Independence: Aberdeen, Scotland is burned by the English.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • February 25 – The Kenmu Restoration ends and the Muromachi period begins in Japan; start of the Nanboku-chō period.source

Conflict & Security

  • February 25 – Rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights, 4,000 defenders of Pilėnai, Lithuania commit mass suicide.source
  • May 19 – The governor of Baghdad, Oirat 'Ali Padsah, defeats Arpa Ke'un near Maraga, contributing to the disintegration of the Ilkhanate.source
  • July 4 – Battle of Minatogawa: Ashikaga Takauji defeats Japanese Imperial forces, under Kusunoki Masashige and Nitta Yoshisada.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • April 18 (unconfirmed) – Brothers Harihara and Bukka Raya found the Vijayanagara Empire on the southern part of the Deccan Plateau in South India.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • July 21–22 – Second War of Scottish Independence: Aberdeen, Scotland is burned by the English.source

Culture & Society

  • April 26 – The Ascent of Mount Ventoux is made by the Italian poet Petrarch: he claims to be the first since classical antiquity to climb a mountain for the view.source
  • September 20 – The reign of Emperor Kōmyō, second of the Ashikaga Pretenders to the Northern Court of Japan, begins.source

Births

  • April 9 – Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire (d. 1405)source
  • April 23 – Olivier V de Clisson, "the butcher", Breton knight and constable of France (d. 1407)source
  • July 25 – Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1404)source
  • Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev (died 1406)source
  • Stefan Uroš V, Emperor of the Serbs (d. 1371)source
  • Gao Qi, Chinese poet (d. 1374)source

Deaths

  • January 20 – John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (b. 1306)source
  • February 25 – Margiris, Duke of Samogitiasource
  • March 20 – Maurice Csák, Hungarian Dominican friar (b. c. 1270)source
  • May 17 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)source
  • July 4 – Elizabeth of Portugal, queen consort and saint (b. 1271)source
  • September 5 – Charles d'Évreux (b. 1305)source
  • Guillaume Pierre Godin, French Dominican philosopher (b. c. 1260)source
  • Bernard VIII, Count of Comminges (b. c. 1285)source
  • Richard of Wallingford, English monk and mathematician (b. 1292)source
  • Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din, Ilkhanate politiciansource
  • Cino da Pistoia, Italian poet (b. 1270)source
  • Turgut Alp, Kayı and Ottoman soldier and commander in-chief (b. 1200) at the age of 136.source
  • Ramon Muntaner, Catalan soldier and writer (b. 1270)source