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1334
Year
1334
(
MCCCXXXIV
) was a
common year starting on Saturday
of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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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
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 Sukà Â
(d.
1398
)
August 30
– King
Pedro of Castile
(d.
1369
)
date unknown
King
James I of Cyprus
(d.
1398
)
Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith
, Scottish noble (d. c.
1380
)
Hayam Wuruk
,
Java
nese 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
)
Isabella de Vesci
, politically active French noblewoman (b. 1260s)
References