1321

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

Events

• Easter – the Byzantine civil war of 1321–28 begins when Andronikos III Palaiologos initiates an uprising against Andronikos II Palaiologos.
• c. May–June – 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.
• 14 August – 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]
• 29 October – 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.
• 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.
• Approximate date – Battle on the Irpin River: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats Prince Stanislav of Kiev.

Births

• February 5 – John II, Marquess of Montferrat (d. 1372)
• July 5 – Joan of The Tower, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1362)
• September 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 – Maria of Brabant, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
• January 13 – Bonacossa Borri
• February 25 – Beatrice d'Avesnes
• March 18 – Matthew III Csák, Hungarian oligarch
• April 27 – Nicolò Albertini, Italian statesman (b. c. 1250)
• May 31 – Birger Magnusson, king of Sweden 1290–1318 (b. 1280)
• July 1 – María de Molina, queen consort of Castile (b. c. 1265)
• September 14 – Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (b. 1265)
• October 29 – King Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (b. c. 1253)
• November 9 – Walter Langton, bishop of Lichfield and treasurer of England
• date unknown
  • Marianus III of Arborea
  • Mubarak Khan, Khilji sultan
  • Reginald of Burgundy
  • Witte van Haemstede, Dutch prince
• probable – Ibn al-Banna, Arab Mathematician (b. 1256)

See also

• List of state leaders in 1321
• 1321 in Scotland

References