1337

Year 1337 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1337

* March 16 - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall.
* The Hundred Years' War (c. 1337-1453) begins between France and England.
* Philip VI of France confiscates Aquitaine.
* Bisham Priory is founded in England.
* The Scaligeri family loses control of Padua; Alberto della Scala, music patron of the Italian Trecento, moves to Veronica.
* Francesco Petrarca (often considered the first man of the Renaissance) first visits Rome, to wander its mysterious ruins with an eye for aesthetic as well as for history, exciting a renewed interest in Classical civilisation.
* Sweden bans slavery.
* The Sofia Psalter is produced in Bulgaria.

Births

* Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1410)
* Jean Froissart, historian and courtier from Hainaut (d. 1405)
* Jeong Mong-ju, Goryeo diplomat and poet (d. 1392)
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Deaths

* January 8 - Giotto di Bondone, Italian Painter (b. 1267)
* June 7 - William III, Count of Hainaut
* June 25 - Frederick III of Sicily (b. 1272)
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**Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan (b. 1247)
**Mansa Musa, 14th century King of the Malinese Empire
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Bibliography

* [http://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php?short=1337 Prime Curios]