1331 CE

William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, appointed lieutenant. Ordinances for Conduct of Irish government includes a decree that there should be one law for Irish and Anglo-Irish, except for betaghs. Battle of Płowce: The German Teutonic Knights and the Poles battle to a draw. David and his wife are crowned at Scone.

In the 1330s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

Conflict & Security

  • 21 April – Irish raid and capture ArklowIrelandsource
  • September 27 – Battle of Płowce: The German Teutonic Knights and the Poles battle to a draw.source
  • The Genkō War begins in Japan.source
  • The Sieges of Cividale del Friuli and Alicante begin.source
  • Walter de Burgh defeats Tommaltach Mac Diarmata in MoylurgIrelandsource

Exploration & Expansion

Religion & Belief

Health & Medicine

  • The first recorded outbreak of the Black Death occurs, in the Chinese province of Hebei.source

Crime & Justice

  • 16 August – Earl of Desmond captured by Justiciar at LimerickIrelandsource
  • August Irish raid and capture FernsIrelandsource
  • September Henry de Mandeville arrestedIrelandsource
  • November Walter de Burgh arrested and imprisoned by the Earl of UlsterIrelandsource
  • "Ten of the people of Donnchadh the Swarthy, son of Mael-Shechlainn Carrach Mac Diarmata, were drowned on Loch-Teiched."Irelandsource
  • Irish raids in County Wexford.Irelandsource

Culture & Society

  • 3 March – William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, appointed lieutenant. Ordinances for Conduct of Irish government includes a decree that there should be one law for Irish and Anglo-Irish, except for betaghsIrelandsource
  • 24 November – David and his wife are crowned at Scone.Scotlandsource
  • "A hosting by the Connachtmen, both Foreigner and Gaidhel, into Munster, against Mac Conmara. Pledge and sway were gained by them on Mac Conmara. A church was burned by a party of the host, wherein were two score and one hundred persons, both noble and base and two priests were of them and those all were burned."Irelandsource

Births

  • February 16 – Coluccio Salutati, Florentine political leader (died 1406)source
  • April 14 – Jeanne-Marie de Maille, French Roman Catholic saint (born 1414)source
  • April 30 – Gaston III of Foix (died 1391)source
  • October 4 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (died 1382)source
  • 4 October – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde, Lord Justice of Ireland (died 1382).Irelandsource
  • Blanche d'Évreux, queen consort of France (died 1398)source
  • Michael Palaiologos, Byzantine princesource
  • Hamidüddin Aksarayî, Ottoman teacher of Islam (died 1412)source
  • probable – Salvestro de' Medici, provost of Florence (died 1388)source

Deaths

  • January 14 – Odoric of Pordenone, Italian missionary friar and explorer (born c. 1280)source
  • April 17 – Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, English noble and soldier (born c. 1257)source
  • May 12 – Engelbert of Admont, abbot in Styriasource
  • October 27 – Abulfeda, Kurdish Syrian historian and geographer (born 1273)source
  • November 11 – King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (born c. 1285)source
  • November/December – John Stewart, 1st Earl of AngusScotlandsource
  • December 26 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto, titular Latin Emperor (born 1278)source
  • December 30 – Bernard Gui, French inquisitor (born 1261 or 1262)source
  • date unknown – Matilda of Hainaut, Princess of Achaea (born 1293)source
  • Tadhg mac Cathal mac Domnall Ua Conchobair rested in ChristIrelandsource