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* [[Bisham Priory]] is founded in [[Kingdom of England|England]].
* The [[Scaligeri]] Family loses control of [[Padua]]; [[Alberto II della Scala|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 antiquity|Classical]] civilisation.
* The [[Sofia Psalter]] is produced in [[Bulgaria]].
* The [[Despotate of Epirus]] is conquered by the [[Byzantine Empire]].
* The [[Chinese famine of 1333–1337|famine in China]], which had lasted since [[1332]] and killed 6,000,000, comes to an end.</onlyinclude>
* [[Siege of Nicomedia]]: After its foundation by [[Osman I]] in about 1299, the [[Ottoman Empire]] expanded across [[Bithynia]] in north-west [[Anatolia]] by capturing territory from the [[Byzantine Empire]].