Explore 78 historical events from 1330–1339.
Rinchinbal, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Ningzong of Yuan, was a son of Kuśala who was briefly installed to the throne of the Yuan dynasty, but as a young boy he di…
Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.
Ibn Khaldun was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages, and is considere…
Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian and theologian (died 1406)
Isabella was the eldest daughter of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and the wife of Enguerrand de Coucy, Earl of Bedford, by whom she had two daughters. She wa…
Isabella de Coucy, English daughter of Edward III of England (died 1379)
John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to 1391, with interruptions. His long reign was marked by constant civil war, the spread of the Black Death and se…
John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (died 1391)
Charles II, known as the Bad, was King of Navarre beginning in 1349, as well as Count of Évreux beginning in 1343, holding both titles until his death in 1387.
King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387)
Adam de Brome was an almoner to King Edward II and founder of Oriel College in Oxford, England. De Brome was probably the son of Thomas de Brome, taking his name from Brome near Ey…
Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford
Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray was a soldier and diplomat in the Wars of Scottish Independence, who later served as regent of Scotland. He was a nephew of Robert the Bruce, who cre…
Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland
Christopher II was King of Denmark from 1320 to 1326 and again from 1329 until his death. He was a younger son of Eric V. His name is connected with national disaster, as his rule …
King Christopher II of Denmark (born 1276)
Domhnall II, Earl of Mar was briefly Regent of Scotland during the minority of David II, King of Scotland.
Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
Sir Robert Keith was a Scottish knight, diplomat, and hereditary Marischal of Scotland who commanded forces loyal to Robert Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray, a Scottish military commander, held his title for just 23 days.
Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
Muireadhach III, Earl of Menteith was a Scottish nobleman.
Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
Sir Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale was the illegitimate son of King Robert the Bruce and an unknown mother. He was knighted and awarded the royal arms at the Battle of Bannockbur…
Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
García Miguel de Ayerbe was an Aragonese nobleman and cleric who served as the bishop of León from April 1318 until his death. In the 1320s, he wrote a proposal for a new crusade t…
García de Ayerbe, Spanish bishop and crusade theorist
Stefan Uroš III, was King of Serbia from 6 January 1322 to 8 September 1331. Dečanski was the son of King Stefan Milutin. He defeated two other contenders to the Serbian throne. St…
King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of…
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, also known as Dušan the Mighty, was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Albanians from 16 April 1346 unt…
Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia.
The Battle of Płowce took place on 27 September 1331 between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order.
The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their…
Gaston III, known as Gaston Phoebus or Fébus, was the eleventh Count of Foix and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn from 1343 until his death.
Gaston III, Count of Foix (died 1391)
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376, and a dominant political leader in Ireland in the 1…
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (died 1382)
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford was the son and heir of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford, by his wife Alice de Sanford.
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, English nobleman (born 1257)
Engelbert was Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Admont in Styria.
Engelbert of Admont, Benedictine abbot and scholar
Ismāʿīl bin ʿAlī bin Maḥmūd bin Muḥammad bin ʿUmar bin Shāhanshāh bin Ayyūb bin Shādī bin Marwān, better known as Abū al-Fidāʾ or Abulfeda, was a Mamluk-era Kurdish geographer, his…
Abulfeda, Arab historian and geographer (born 1273)
Gongmin, also known by his Mongolian name, Bayan Temür, was 31st ruler of Goryeo from 1351 to 1374. He was the second son of King Chungsuk.
Gongmin of Goryeo, Korean ruler (died 1374)
Edward of Woodstock, known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Edward III of England. He died before his father, and his son Richard II therefore succ…
Edward, the Black Prince of England (died 1376)