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Year 1334 (MCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • July 18 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundational stone laid for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral. The tower was designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
  • December 30 – Pope Benedict XII succeeds Pope John XXII as the 197th pope.

    • Date unknown

  • The first recorded outbreak of the Black Death occurs in the Chinese province of Hubei.
  • Autumn ‐ Battle of Adramyttion: A Christian league defeats the fleet of the Turkish Beylik of Karasi.

    • Births

  • January 4 – Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)
  • January 13 – King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
  • May 25 – Emperor Sukō (d. 1398)
  • August 30 – King Pedro of Castile (d. 1369)
  • date unknown
  • King James I of Cyprus (d. 1398)
  • Hayam Wuruk, Javanese ruler (d. 1389)

    • Deaths

  • January 17 – John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (b. c. 1266)
  • December 4 – Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
  • date unknown – Sheikh Safi-ad-din Ardabili of Persia (b. 1251)

    • References

    1334 Wikipedia
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