March 1 – Emperor Renzong of China, the Mongol leader Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, dies after a reign of almost nine years. He is succeeded by his son, Gegeen Khan.
March 20 – Shepherds' Crusade (Le Pastoureaux): In France, a large group of common people band together in Normandy on Easter Sunday to begin a crusade, after a teenage shepherd says he was visited by the Holy Spirit.[2] They march south to Aquitaine, attacking castles, royal officials, priests and lepers along the way. Jewish communes are attacked at Saintes, Cahors, Verdun-sur-Garonne, Albi and Toulouse. When they finally cross into Spain, Aragon forces under Prince Alfonso halt their advance. In July, many of the followers are arrested and executed. After that, there are no further incidents and the crusade disperses.[3]
April 19 – Gegeen Khan (Prince Shidibala) becomes the new Mongol Emperor Yingzong of the Yuan dynasty of China after the death of his father, Emperor Renzong.
June 18 – Treaty of Baena: Sultan Ismail I signs an 8-year truce with Castile at Baena. King James II, who receives papal authorization and funds for a crusade against Granada refuses to accept the treaty. Both parties promise to aid one another against their respective enemies. Meanwhile, Ismail consolidates the territories formally under his control with the emirate.[7]
June 19 – Shepherds' Crusade: Unnerved by the prospect of the arrival of the shepherds at Avignon to begin a crusade, Pope John XXII orders their dispersal.
August 4 – William II de Soules confesses to treason before the Scottish Parliament at a hearing at the "Black Parliament" session held at Scone. For the crime of conspiring against King Robert, Soules is sentenced to life imprisonment at Dumbarton Castle.
September 5 – Delhi's Sultan Khusrau Khan, who betrayed and murdered Qutbuddin Shah in May to become ruler in India, is himself betrayed and murdered by his governor, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, who founds Delhi's Tughlaq dynasty. Sultan Ghiyath appoints military governors in Punjab and Sindh province, who manage to halt Mongol incursions towards the sultanate.[9]
October 27 – Magnus Birgersson, who had been the crown prince of Sweden until his father, King Birger was forced to flee, was beheaded by order of King Magnus Eriksson. Magnus Birgersson, who had defended the Stegeborg Castle in 1318 to allow his father to flee to safety, was convicted of having participated in the Nyköping Banquet betrayal of 1317.[12]
Date unknown
Autumn – Byzantine forces under Andronikos Asen capture the Latin castles of Akova and Karytaina. They secure control over Arcadia and Cynuria in the Peloponnese.[13]
Battle of Rhodes: The Knights Hospitaller defeats an attempt by the Turks of Menteshe to capture Rhodes. During the battle, a Turkish invasion fleet (some 80 ships) is destroyed by a smaller Hospitaller-Genoese fleet.[14]
The Venetian Arsenal, a dockyard for naval ships, is rebuilt, known as the Arsenale Nuovo.
Henri de Mondeville, French surgeon and physician, writes La Chirurgie, the first textbook on surgery by a Frenchmen.
William III, Burgundian nobleman and knight (b. 1280)
Yasa'ur, Mongol nobleman, prince and general (b. 1289)
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