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

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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.
  • 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)
  • August 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 or 1322 – Maria of Brabant, queen consort of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
  • January 13 – Bonacossa Borri, Lady of Milan (b. 1254)
  • February 25 – Beatrice d'Avesnes, consort of Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg
  • March 18 – Matthew III Csák, Hungarian oligarch (b. c.1260/5)
  • April 8 – Thomas of Tolentino, Italian Franciscan missionary, martyred (b. c. 1255)
  • April 27 – Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (b. c. 1250)
  • May 31 – Birger, King of Sweden (b. 1280)
  • July 1 – María de Molina, queen consort of Castile (b. c. 1265)
  • September 14 – Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (b. 1265)
  • October 29 – Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (b. c. 1253)
  • November 9 – Walter Langton, bishop of Lichfield and treasurer of England (b. 1243)
  • date unknown
  • Marianus III of Arborea, Giudice
  • Mubarak Khan, Khilji regent
  • Reginald of Burgundy, Count of Montbéliard
  • Witte van Haemstede, Dutch prince (b. 1280/2)
  • probable – Ibn al-Banna, Arab mathematician (b. 1256)

    • References

    1321 Wikipedia
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