1330

'Years:' 1327 1328 1329 - 1330 - 1331 1332 1333

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

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

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ The Bulgars under Michael III are beaten by the Serbs at Velbuzhd, and large parts of Bulgaria fall to Serbia.

★ October 19 - King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, executing his regent Roger Mortimer

★ Vilnius in Lithuania received its coat-of-arms. It was granted to the city in the seventh year of its existence.

★ The Wallachians, under Basarab I, defeat the Hungarians at the battle of Posada, though heavily outnumbered.

Births

★ June 15 - Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (died 1376)

★ July 4 - Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (died 1367)

★ October 25 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)

★ Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (died 1387)

★ Altichiero, Italian painter (died 1390)

★ John Gower, English poet (died 1410)

★ Peter Parler, German architect (died 1399)

★ Nicolas Flamel, Alchemist, Born in Paris.

Deaths

★ January 13 - Duke Frederick I of Austria (born 1286)

★ March 19 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Edward I and brother of Edward II, (executed by Roger Mortimer) (born 1301)

★ August 25 - Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)

★ November 29 - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (born 1287)

★ Pietro Cavallini, Italian artist (born 1259)

★ Guillaume Durand, French clergyman

★ Immanuel the Roman, Italian scholar and poet (born 1270)

★ Maximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologian

★ Angus Og of Islay, Scottish soldier