1321

Year 1321 (MCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1321 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1321
MCCCXXI
Ab urbe condita2074
Armenian calendar770
ԹՎ ՉՀ
Assyrian calendar6071
Balinese saka calendar1242–1243
Bengali calendar728
Berber calendar2271
English Regnal year14 Edw. 2  15 Edw. 2
Buddhist calendar1865
Burmese calendar683
Byzantine calendar6829–6830
Chinese calendar庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
4017 or 3957
     to 
辛酉年 (Metal Rooster)
4018 or 3958
Coptic calendar1037–1038
Discordian calendar2487
Ethiopian calendar1313–1314
Hebrew calendar5081–5082
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1377–1378
 - Shaka Samvat1242–1243
 - Kali Yuga4421–4422
Holocene calendar11321
Igbo calendar321–322
Iranian calendar699–700
Islamic calendar720–721
Japanese calendarGen'ō 3 / Genkō 1
(元亨元年)
Javanese calendar1232–1233
Julian calendar1321
MCCCXXI
Korean calendar3654
Minguo calendar591 before ROC
民前591年
Nanakshahi calendar−147
Thai solar calendar1863–1864
Tibetan calendar阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
1447 or 1066 or 294
     to 
阴金鸡年
(female Iron-Rooster)
1448 or 1067 or 295

Events

JanuaryDecember

  • c. MayJune Leper scare: Rumours that lepers (acting on the orders of Jews bribed by Moors) are attempting to poison the Christian population spread throughout southern France.
  • August 14 King Edward II of England reluctantly agrees to demands from his barons to send Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester, and his son Hugh Despenser the Younger into exile.[1]
  • October 29 King Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia dies. His son Stephen Constantine claims the throne, but Constantine's younger half-brother Stephen Uroš III Dečanski succeeds.

Date unknown

  • The Byzantine civil war of 1321–28 begins, when Andronikos III Palaiologos initiates an uprising against Andronikos II Palaiologos.[2]
  • A bad harvest brings famine in Europe.
  • The Anatolian beylik of Teke is established.
  • Gračanica monastery in Kosovo is rebuilt by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin.
  • Spitakavor Monastery is completed in Armenia.
  • The University of Florence is established.[3]
  • The Kebra Negast is translated from Arabic to Ge'ez, according to its colophon.

Births

  • February 5 John II, Marquess of Montferrat (d. 1372)
  • July 5 Joan of The Tower, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)
  • August 29 John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)
  • date unknown
    • James I, Count of Urgell
    • Khwaja Bande Nawaz, Sufi saint (d. 1422)
  • probable Emperor John III of Trebizond (d. 1362)

Deaths

  • January 12 or 1322 Maria of Brabant, queen consort of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
  • January 13 Bonacossa Borri, Lady of Milan (b. 1254)
  • February 25 Beatrice d'Avesnes, consort of Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg
  • March 18 Matthew III Csák, Hungarian oligarch (b. c.1260/5)
  • April 8 Thomas of Tolentino, Italian Franciscan missionary, martyred (b. c. 1255)
  • April 17 Infanta Blanche of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal and Urraca of Castile (b. 1259)
  • April 27 Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (b. c. 1250)
  • May 31 Birger, King of Sweden (b. 1280)
  • July 1 María de Molina, queen consort of Castile (b. c. 1265)
  • September 14 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (b. 1265)[4]
  • October 29 Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (b. c. 1253)
  • November 9 Walter Langton, bishop of Lichfield and treasurer of England (b. 1243)
  • date unknown
    • Marianus III of Arborea, Giudice
    • Mubarak Khan, Khilji regent, murdered
    • Reginald of Burgundy, Count of Montbéliard
    • Witte van Haemstede, Dutch prince (b. 1280/2)
  • probable Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi, Arab mathematician (b. 1256)

See also

  • List of state leaders in 1321
  • 1321 in Scotland

References

  1. Mortimer, Ian (2010). The Greatest Traitor. Vintage Books. p. 109. ISBN 9780099552222.
  2. Kohn, George Childs (2013). Dictionary of Wars. Routledge. p. 84. ISBN 9781135954949.
  3. "Italian". The University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. "Dante Alighieri | Biography, Poems, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
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