1332 Explained

Year 1332 (MCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• February 18  - Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1329).
• August 10 - 11  - Battle of Dupplin Moor: Edward Balliol rebels, and the English defeat the loyalists of David II in Scotland.
• September  - Edward Balliol crowns himself King of Scotland.
• November 7  - Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden.
• December 16  - Battle of Annan: The loyalists of David II defeat Edward Balliol in Scotland.^[1]
• The city of Marosvásárhely (in Transylvania, today Târgu Mureș in Romania) is first documented in the papal registry, under the name Novum Forum Siculorum.

Births

• May 27  - Ibn Khaldun, North African Arab historian (d. 1406)
• June 8  - Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1359)
• June 16  - Isabella de Coucy, English princess, daughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1379 or 1382)
• June 18  - John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1391)
• October 10  - King Charles II of Navarre (d. 1387)
• date unknown
  • Pero López de Ayala, Spanish soldier (d. 1407)
  • Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (d. 1363)
  • Andrea Vanni, Italian painter (d. c. 1414)
  • Hanna van Recklinghausen, Dutch banker
  • Xu Da, Chinese military leader (d. 1385)
• Approximate
  • William Langland, English poet (d. c.1400)^[2]
  • Catherine of Vadstena, Swedish saint (d. 1381)^[3]

Deaths

• January 8  - Andronikos III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond
• February  - Henry Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey (b. c. 1265)
• February 13  - Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1259)
• March 13  - Theodore Metochita, Byzantine Empire statesman, author, man of learning, and patron of the arts (b. 1270)
• June 16  - Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford
• July 20  - Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland
• August 2  - King Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276)
  • • August 11  - at the Battle of Dupplin Moor Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
  • Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
  • Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
  • Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
  • Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
• September 4  - García de Ayerbe, Spanish bishop and crusade theorist^[4]
• date unknown
  • Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1304)
  • Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1326)
• approximate date  - Mary of Woodstock, English princess (b. 1279)

Notes and References

1. Book: Jaques . Tony . Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E . 2007 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 9780313335372 . 54 . en.
2. Web site: William Langland (c.1332?-c.1400?) . chaucer.fas.harvard.edu . 18 March 2019 . en.
3. Web site: Saint Catherine of Sweden Swedish saint . Encyclopedia Britannica . 18 March 2019 . en.
4. Ordás Díaz . Pablo . 2018 . El episcopado de don García Miguel de Ayerbe y el conflictivo período de las tutorías de Alfonso XI para la catedral de León (1318–1332) . En la España Medieval . 41 . 257–275 . 10.5209/ELEM.60011. free . 10347/19923 . free .