1324

'Years:' 1321 1322 1323 - 1324 - 1325 1326 1327

'Decades:' 1290s 1300s 1310s - '1320s' - 1330s 1340s 1350s

'Centuries:' 13th century - '14th century' - 15th century

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Publication of ''Defensor pacis'' by Marsilius of Padua

★ Emperor Kankan Musa I of the Mali Empire arrives in Cairo on his hajj to Mecca accompanied by an entourage numbering in the thousands and hundreds of pounds of gold. This fantastic display of wealth garners Mali a place on European maps in 1395.

Births

★ March 5 - King David II of Scotland (died 1371)

Deaths

★ January 8 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer (born 1254)

★ July 16 - Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (born 1267)

★ John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle

★ August 31 - Henry II of Jerusalem

★ Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (born 1270)