Year 1329 (MCCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• February 1 King John of Bohemia (of the Teutonic Order) captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders.

• February 18 Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1332).

• March 27 Pope John XXII issues a bull condemning some teachings of Meister Eckhart (who died last year) as heretical.

• April Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII.

• June 6 Edward III of England pays homage to Philip VI of France for Aquitaine.

• June 7 David II becomes King of Scots at age 5; he will rule Scotland for nearly 42 years.

• June 10 Braganstown massacre, County Louth, Ireland: Over 160 are killed.

• June 11 Battle of Maltepe (Pelekanon): Ottoman Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire.

• August 4 Wittelsbach possessions are divided by the Treaty of Pavia into those of the Bavarian line and those of Palatinate line. Both lines will be reunited in 1777.

Date unknown

• Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy.

• Construction begins on the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork, Poland.

• Michael of Cesena is deposed as General of the Franciscans.

• Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia defeats Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia.

• Wiesbaden is granted the right of coinage by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Births

• September 26 Anne of Bavaria, queen consort of Bohemia (d. 1353)

• November 22 Elisabeth of Meissen, Burgravine consort of Nuremberg (d. 1375)

• November 29 John I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1340)

date unknown

• Fairuzabadi, Persian Arab lexicographer (d. 1414)

• Prince Lazar of Serbia (d. 1389)

• Philip II, Prince of Taranto (d. 1374)

• Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai (d. 1392)

Deaths

• January 17 Saint Roseline, Carthusian nun (b. 1263)

• April 21 Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)

• May 9 John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells

• May 31 Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (b. 1261)

• June 7 Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274)

• August 30 Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan dynasty and the Mongol Empire (b. 1300)

• October 27 Mahaut, Countess of Artois (b. 1268)

date unknown

• Walter Herok, Bishop of Aberdeen

• Michael of Imereti

• Oshin of Korikos, regent of Armenia (assassinated)

• Edward, Count of Savoy (b. 1284)

• Maol Íosa IV, Earl of Strathearn

• random serf in the montenegren province of austria

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