1334 CE
The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundational stone laid for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral (the tower was designed by the artist Giotto). Henry de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan compelled to surrender to Andrew de Moray, the new Guardian of Scotland after a siege at Dundarg Castle. Pope Benedict XII succeeds Pope John XXII, as the 197th pope.
In the 1330s, the 14th century.
Conflict & Security
- 23 December – Henry de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan compelled to surrender to Andrew de Moray, the new Guardian of Scotland after a siege at Dundarg Castle.Scotlandsource
- Autumn – Battle of Adramyttion: A Christian league defeats the fleet of the Turkish Beylik of Karasi.source
- O Cellaig at war with O Conchobhair, until 1339Irelandsource
- Conchobar O Domnaill succeeds his father Aéd as King of Tír ConaillIrelandsource
Religion & Belief
- July 18 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundational stone laid for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral (the tower was designed by the artist Giotto).source
- December 30 – Pope Benedict XII succeeds Pope John XXII, as the 197th pope.source
Crime & Justice
Births
- January 4 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (died 1383)source
- January 13 – King Henry II of Castile (died 1379)source
- May 25 – Emperor Sukō (died 1398)source
- August 30 – King Peter of Castile (died 1369)source
- Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, Scottish noble (died c. 1380)source
- Hayam Wuruk, Javanese ruler (died 1389)source
- King James I of Cyprus (died 1398)source
Deaths
- January 17 – John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (born c. 1266)source
- December 4 – Pope John XXII (born 1249)source
- date unknown – Sheikh Safi-ad-din Ardabili of Persia (born 1251)source
- Isabella de Vesci, politically active French noblewoman (born 1260s)source
- King Aed of Tir Conaill dies in the habit of a Cistercian at his monastery of Assaroe.Irelandsource