1331 Explained

Year 1331 (MCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

September - December

• September 8  - Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia.
• September 27  - Battle of Płowce: The German Teutonic Knights and the Poles battle to a draw.

Date unknown

• The Sieges of Cividale del Friuli and Alicante begin.^[1]
• The Genkō War begins in Japan.
• Ibn Battuta visits Kilwa.
• The first recorded outbreak of the Black Death occurs, in the Chinese province of Hubei.

Births

• February 16  - Coluccio Salutati, Florentine political leader (d. 1406)
• April 14  - Jeanne-Marie de Maille, French Roman Catholic saint (b. 1414)
• April 30  - Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
• October 4  - James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)
• date unknown
  • Hamidüddin Aksarayî, Ottoman teacher of Islam (d. 1412)
  • Blanche d'Évreux, queen consort of France (d. 1398)
  • Michael Palaiologos, Byzantine prince
• probable  - Salvestro de' Medici, provost of Florence (d. 1388)

Deaths

• January 14  - Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer
• April 17  - Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford (b. c. 1257)
• May 12  - Engelbert of Admont, abbot of Admont in Styria
• October 27  - Abulfeda, Kurdish Syrian historian and geographer (b. 1273)
• November 11  - Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (b. c. 1285)
• December 26  - Philip I, Prince of Taranto, titular Latin Emperor (b. 1278)
• December 30  - Bernard Gui, French inquisitor (b. 1261 or 1262)
• date unknown  - Matilda of Hainaut, Princess of Achaea (b. 1293)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cannon Timeline. The Medieval Combat Society. 2008. 2011-12-13. January 4, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180104202027/http://www.themcs.org/weaponry/cannon/cannon.htm. dead.