Year 1332 (MCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• February 18 Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1329).

• August 1011 Battle of Dupplin Moor: Edward Balliol rebels, and the English defeat the loyalists of David II in Scotland.

• September Edward Balliol crowns himself King of Scotland.

• November 7 Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden.

• December 16 Battle of Annan: The loyalists of David II defeat Edward Balliol in Scotland.

• The city of Marosvásárhely (in Transylvania, today Târgu Mureș in Romania) is first documented in the papal registry, under the name Novum Forum Siculorum.

Births

• May 27 Ibn Khaldun, North African Arab historian (d. 1406)

• June 8 Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1359)

• June 16 Isabella de Coucy, English princess, daughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1379 or 1382)

• June 18 John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1391)

• October 10 King Charles II of Navarre (d. 1387)

date unknown

• Pero López de Ayala, Spanish soldier (d. 1407)

• Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (d. 1363)

• Andrea Vanni, Italian painter (d. c. 1414)

• Hanna van Recklinghausen, Dutch banker

• Xu Da, Chinese military leader (d. 1385)

Approximate

• William Langland, English poet (d. c.1400)

• Catherine of Vadstena, Swedish saint (d. 1381)

Deaths

• January 8 Andronikos III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond

• February Henry Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey (b. c. 1265)

• February 13 Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1259)

• March 13 Theodore Metochites, Byzantine Empire statesman, author, man of learning, and patron of the arts (b. 1270)

• June 16 Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford

• July 20 Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland

• August 2 King Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276)

August 11 at the Battle of Dupplin Moor

• Domhnall II, Earl of Mar

• Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland

• Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray

• Muireadhach III, Earl of Menteith

• Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale

• September 4 García de Ayerbe, Spanish bishop and crusade theorist

date unknown

• Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Emperor Wenzong of the Yuan dynasty (b. 1304)

• Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of the Yuan dynasty (b. 1326)

• approximate date Mary of Woodstock, English princess (b. 1279)

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