1337
Year 1337 (MCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 1337 MCCCXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2090 |
| Armenian calendar | 786 ԹՎ ՉՁԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6087 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1258–1259 |
| Bengali calendar | 744 |
| Berber calendar | 2287 |
| English Regnal year | 10 Edw. 3 – 11 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1881 |
| Burmese calendar | 699 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6845–6846 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4034 or 3827 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 4035 or 3828 |
| Coptic calendar | 1053–1054 |
| Discordian calendar | 2503 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1329–1330 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5097–5098 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1393–1394 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1258–1259 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4437–4438 |
| Holocene calendar | 11337 |
| Igbo calendar | 337–338 |
| Iranian calendar | 715–716 |
| Islamic calendar | 737–738 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōkei 6 (正慶６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1249–1250 |
| Julian calendar | 1337 MCCCXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3670 |
| Minguo calendar | 575 before ROC 民前575年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −131 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1879–1880 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1463 or 1082 or 310 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1464 or 1083 or 311 |
Events
January–December
- March 16 – Edward, the Black Prince establishes the Duchy of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke.
- May 24 – Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony from English control.
- August – Second War of Scottish Independence: English forces relieve Stirling Castle, ending Edward III of England's last campaign in Scotland.
- October – Hundred Years' War: Edward III of England formally rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, initiating hostilities between France and England.
- November – Battle of Cadzand: English troops raid the Flemish island of Cadzand.
Date unknown
- Bisham Priory is founded in England.
- The Scaligeri Family loses control of Padua; Alberto della Scala, patron of the music of the Trecento, moves to Verona.
- Petrarch, "father" of Renaissance humanism, first visits Rome to wander its mysterious ruins, with an eye for aesthetics as well as for history, exciting a renewed interest in Classical civilisation.
- The Sofia Psalter is produced in Bulgaria.
- The famine in China, which had lasted since 1332 and killed 6,000,000, comes to an end.
Births
- February 25 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Czech Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1383)
- date unknown
- Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1410)
- Jean Froissart, historian and courtier from Hainaut (d. 1405)
- Bianca of Savoy, lady consort of Milan (d. 1387)
- Jeong Mong-ju, Goryeo diplomat and poet (d. 1392)
- Robert III of Scotland, second monarch from the House of Stewart to rule Scotland (d. 1406)
Deaths
- January 8 – Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter (b. 1267)
- June 7 – William I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1286)
- June 15 – Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of Fraticelli (b. 1247)
- June 25 – Frederick III of Sicily (b. 1272)
- June 30 – Eleanor de Clare, politically active English noble (b. 1290)
- date unknown
- Changshi, khan of the Chagatai Khanate
- William Frangipani, Latin Archbishop of Patras
- Musa I of Mali, ruler of the Malian Empire (b. c.1280)
- Prince Narinaga, Japanese Shōgun (b. 1326, d. either 1337 or 1344, the sources are contradictory)
References
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