1337

:''This page concerns '1337', the year. '1337' is also the spelling of the word "leet", in leet.

'Years:' 1334 1335 1336 - 1337 - 1338 1339 1340

'Decades:' 1300s 1310s 1320s - '1330s' - 1340s 1350s 1360s

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Bibliography

Events

★ March 16 - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall.

★ Beginning of the Hundred Years' War (c. 1337-1453) between France and England.

★ Philip VI of France confiscates Aquitaine.

★ Bisham Priory founded in England.

★ Scaligeri family loses control of Padua; Alberto della Scala, music patron of the Italian Trecento, moves to Veronica.

★ Mansa Musa makes his pilgrimage to Mecca.

★ Francesco Petrarca first visited Rome, to wonder its mysterious ruins with an eye for asthetic as well as for history.

Births

★ Louis II, Duke of Bourbon and Gin (died 1410)

★ Jean Froissart, historian and courtier from Hainaut. (died 1405)

★ Jeong Mong-ju, Goryeo diplomat and poet. (died 1392)

Deaths

★ January 8 - Giotto di Bondone, Italian Painter (born 1267)

★ June 7 - William III, Count of Hainaut

★ Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan (born 1247)

★ Frederick III of Sicily (born 1272)

★ Master ''Professor'' O'Rothlain of Ireland

★ Mansa Musa, 14th century King of the Malinese Empire

Bibliography

★ Prime Curios