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.

In the 1320s, the 14th century.

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: over 160 killed.Irelandsource
  • June 11 – Battle of Maltepe (Pelekanon): Ottoman Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire.source
  • 10 August – The battle of Ardnocher took place near Horseleap between the forces of Thomas Butler and William Mac Geoghegan. Mac Geoghegan forces won and Butler and many of his soldiers were killed.Irelandsource
  • 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 (died 1353)source
  • November 22 – Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine consort of Nuremberg (died 1375)source
  • November 29 – John I, Duke of Bavaria (died 1340)source
  • Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai (died 1392)source
  • Philip II, Prince of Taranto (died 1374)source
  • Prince Lazar of Serbia (died 1389)source
  • Fairuzabadi, Persian Arab lexicographer (died 1414)source

Deaths

  • January 17 – Saint Roseline, Carthusian nun (born 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 (born 1282)source
  • May 9 – John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wellssource
  • May 31 – Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (born 1261)source
  • June 7 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (born 1274)source
  • 7 June – Robert I dies, to be succeeded by his 5-year-old son, David II.Scotlandsource
  • June 10 – Braganstown massacre, County Louth, Ireland: Over 160 are killed.source
  • 10 June – Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill, tiompan musician, in Braganstown massacre.Irelandsource
  • August 30 – Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan dynasty and the Mongol Empire (born 1300)source
  • October 27 – Mahaut, Countess of Artois (born 1268)source
  • Oshin of Korikos, regent of Armenia (assassinated)source
  • Edward, Count of Savoy (born 1284)source
  • random serf in the montenegren province of austriasource