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.

In the 1330s, the 14th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • February 25 – The Kenmu Restoration ends and the Muromachi period begins in Japan; start of the Nanboku-chō period.source
  • 3 May – ordinances for reform of Irish administrationIrelandsource
  • after 26 May – Conchobhar mac Tomaltach Mac Diarmada succeeds his father as lord of MoylurgIrelandsource

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

Religion & Belief

  • The Franciscan order establishes in Carrick on Suir with the granting of land for a friary by the 1st Earl of OrmondIrelandsource

Science & Discovery

Health & Medicine

  • 1 July – prohibition against holding of lands by officials in areas where they hold officeIrelandsource

Disasters & Accidents

  • July 21–22 – Second War of Scottish Independence: Aberdeen, Scotland is burned by the English.source
  • Castlemore Costello in (County Mayo) destroyed by King Toirdhealbhach of ConnachtIrelandsource
  • 22–23 June – Brian Ban of Thomond burns Tipperary town; Justicier Darcy leads a campaign against himIrelandsource

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

Deaths

  • January 20 – John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (born 1306)source
  • February 25 – Margiris, Duke of Samogitiasource
  • March 20 – Maurice Csák, Hungarian Dominican friar (born c. 1270)source
  • May 17 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (born 1288)source
  • July 4 – Elizabeth of Portugal, queen consort and saint (born 1271)source
  • September 5 – Charles d'Évreux (born 1305)source
  • Guillaume Pierre Godin, French Dominican philosopher (born c. 1260)source
  • Bernard VIII, Count of Comminges (born c. 1285)source
  • Richard of Wallingford, English monk and mathematician (born 1292)source
  • Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din, Ilkhanate politiciansource
  • Cino da Pistoia, Italian poet (born 1270)source
  • Turgut Alp, Kayı and Ottoman soldier and commander in-chief (born 1200) at the age of 136.source
  • Ramon Muntaner, Catalan soldier and writer (born 1270)source
  • c.26 May Tomaltach Mac Diarmada, lord of MoylurgIrelandsource