1329

Year 1329 (MCCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century 14th century 15th century
Decades:	1300s 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s
Years:	1326 1327 1328 1329 1330 1331 1332

1329 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1329 MCCCXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2082
Armenian calendar	778 ԹՎ ՉՀԸ
Assyrian calendar	6079
Balinese saka calendar	1250–1251
Bengali calendar	736
Berber calendar	2279
English Regnal year	2 Edw. 3 – 3 Edw. 3
Buddhist calendar	1873
Burmese calendar	691
Byzantine calendar	6837–6838
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4025 or 3965     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 4026 or 3966
Coptic calendar	1045–1046
Discordian calendar	2495
Ethiopian calendar	1321–1322
Hebrew calendar	5089–5090
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1385–1386
- Shaka Samvat	1250–1251
- Kali Yuga	4429–4430
Holocene calendar	11329
Igbo calendar	329–330
Iranian calendar	707–708
Islamic calendar	729–730
Japanese calendar	Karyaku 4 / Gentoku 1 (元徳元年)
Javanese calendar	1241–1242
Julian calendar	1329 MCCCXXIX
Korean calendar	3662
Minguo calendar	583 before ROC 民前583年
Nanakshahi calendar	−139
Thai solar calendar	1871–1872
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1455 or 1074 or 302     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1456 or 1075 or 303

Events

January–December

• February 1 – King John of Bohemia (of the Teutonic Order) captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders.
• February 18 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1332).
• March 27 – Pope John XXII condemns some teachings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
• April – Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII.
• June 6 – Edward III of England pays homage to Philip VI of France for Aquitaine.
• June 7 – David II becomes King of Scots age 5; he will rule Scotland for nearly 42 years.
• June 10 – Braganstown massacre, County Louth, Ireland: Over 160 are killed.
• June 11 – Battle of Maltepe (Pelekanon): Ottoman Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire.

Date unknown

• Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy.
• Construction begins on the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork, Poland.
• Amberg, Germany, passes to the House of Wittelsbach.
• Michael of Cesena is deposed as General of the Franciscans.
• Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia defeats Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia.
• Wiesbaden is granted the right of coinage by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Births

• September 26 – Anne of Bavaria, queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1353)
• November 22 – Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine consort of Nuremberg (d. 1375)
• November 29 – John I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1340)
• date unknown
  • Fairuzabadi, Persian Arab lexicographer (d. 1414)
  • Prince Lazar of Serbia (d. 1389)
  • Philip II, Prince of Taranto (d. 1374)
  • Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai (d. 1392)

Deaths

• January 17 – Saint Roseline, Carthusian nun (b. 1263)
• April 21 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
• May 9 – John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells
• May 31 – Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (b. 1261)
• June 7 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274)
• August 30 – Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan dynasty and the Mongol Empire (b. 1300)
• October 27 – Mahaut, Countess of Artois (b. 1268)
• date unknown
  • Walter Herok, Bishop of Aberdeen
  • Michael of Imereti
  • Oshin of Korikos, regent of Armenia (assassinated)
  • Edward, Count of Savoy (b. 1284)
  • Maol Íosa IV, Earl of Strathearn

References