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.
In the 1330s, the 14th century.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
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
- 25 August – James Douglas, Lord of Douglas killed while fighting in SpainScotlandsource
- 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 (died 1376)source
- July 4 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (died 1367)source
- October 25 – Louis II of Flanders (died 1384)source
- Altichiero, Italian painter (died 1390)source
- Euphemia of Sicily, princess regent of Sicily (died 1359)source
- John Gower, English poet (died 1410)source
- Frans Ackerman, Flemish statesman (died 1387)source
- Nicolas Flamel, French scribe and manuscript-seller, reputed alchemist (died 1417)source
Deaths
- January 13 – Duke Frederick I of Austria (born 1286)source
- January 21 – Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, queen dowager of France (born 1291)source
- March 19 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I and brother of Edward II (executed by Roger Mortimer) (born 1301)source
- May 3 – Alexios II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (born 1282)source
- August 25 – On or about this date, Sir James Douglas, Scottish guerilla leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence (born circa 1286)source
- September 28 – Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (born 1292)source
- November 29 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (born 1287)source
- Maximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologiansource
- Pietro Cavallini, Italian artist (born 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 (born 1270)source
- Guillaume Durand, French clergymansource
- c. July 31 – Tsar Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (born 1280s?)source
- John Butler of Clonamicklon, on 6 January.Irelandsource
- Gilla Isa Ruad O Ragallaig, king of East Breifne, dies; succeeded by his son Risdeard.Irelandsource