Editing 1337

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}
{{About year|1337|the internet subculture term|leet}}
{{Year nav|1337}}
{{C14 year in topic}}
[[File:Hundred years war collage.jpg|thumb|The [[Hundred Years' War]] begins.]]
Year '''1337''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

==Events==
<onlyinclude>

===January&ndash;December===
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Edward, the Black Prince]] establishes the [[Duchy of Cornwall]], becoming the first [[English people|English]] [[Duke]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Philip VI of France]] confiscates [[Gascony]] from English control.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=100–102|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Second War of Scottish Independence]]: English forces relieve [[Stirling Castle]], ending [[Edward III of England]]'s last campaign in Scotland.<ref name=CBH/>
* [[October]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Edward III of England]] formally rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, initiating hostilities between France and England.<ref name=CBH/><ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/159 159–161]}}</ref>
* [[November]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cadzand]]: English troops raid the [[County of Flanders|Flemish]] island of [[Cadzand]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[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]].

==Births==
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[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 [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]] (d. [[1405]])
** [[Bianca of Savoy]], lady consort of Milan (d. [[1387]])
** [[Chŏng 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]] &ndash; [[Giotto di Bondone]], Italian painter (b. [[1267]])
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[William I, Count of Hainaut]] (b. [[1286]])
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Angelo da Clareno]], Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of [[Fraticelli]] (b. [[1247]])
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Frederick III of Sicily]] (b. [[1272]])
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[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 [[List of shōguns|Shōgun]] (b. [[1326]], d. either 1337 or [[1344]], the sources are contradictory)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1337}}
[[Category:1337| ]]