January – March •
January 9 – The 23-year-old
Philip the Tall, younger brother of the late King
Louis X of France, is hastily crowned
King of France, as King Philip V, at
Rheims. The only son of King Louis X had been born posthumously, but died after four days. Supporters of King Louis felt that his eldest daughter,
Joan II of Navarre, should have been crowned as the monarch. Mass protests follow in
Artois,
Champagne and
Burgundy. The coronation of a brother, instead of the eldest daughter, as the successor to the throne sets the precedent for the
Salic law, providing that the eldest male heir inherits the throne. Philip V reorganizes the French army by extending the military obligations of the realm. Each town and castellany is responsible for providing a specified number of fully equipped troops – such as sergeants and infantry militias, while towns in economically advanced areas like
Flanders become a major source of men and money. At the same time, the
arriére ban (military recruitment) is generally commuted in favour for taxation. •
February 1 –
Manuel Pessanha of
Genoa is appointed as the first Chief
Admiral of Portugal (
Almirante-mor) by
King Denis, and charged with organizing a permanent navy for the kingdom, with 20 warships and hiring Genoese captains to recruit sailors. The organization of the
Portuguese Royal Navy is completed by December 12. •
February 16 – (10th day of 1st month of 6
Shōwa) An earthquake of estimated 7.0 magnitude strikes
Kyoto. On February 22, an aftershock of 6.0 magnitude follows the first quake. •
March 15 –
Pope John XXII admonishes King
Frederick III of Sicily to take severe measures against the
Fraticelli, the Spiritual Franciscans who have broken with the Roman Catholic Church doctrine. •
March 17 – In Germany,
Waldemar the Great becomes the sole ruler of the reunited
Margraviate of Brandenburg upon the death of his cousin,
John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. Waldemar had been the Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal since 1308. •
March 23 – In France,
Hugues Géraud, the Roman Catholic Bishop of
Cahors, is arrested along with plotting to assassinate Pope John XXII (with poisoned bread) and to use evil magic against him and two of his advisors,
Bertrand du Pouget and
Gaucelme de Jean. Following a trial, Géraud is convicted of witchcraft and sacrilege, and executed on August 30. •
March 31 –
Pope John XXII claims imperial rights of government in
Italy for the papacy. He erects the dioceses of
Luçon,
Maillezais, and
Tulle and issues the
decretal Spondent Pariter prohibiting
alchemy.
April – June •
April 7 –
Louis of Toulouse is canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church by Pope John XXII. •
April 8 –
Fakhr al-Din al-Qibti is appointed
Emir of
Egypt. •
April 11 – In
Italy's
Republic of Massa, coinage is resumed by arrangement of the Republic and of the Benzi family. •
April 27 – John XXII orders the
Spiritual Franciscans, including the French priest
Bernard Délicieux, to come to
Avignon and answer for their disobedience. Upon arrival, Délicieux is arrested and interrogated. •
May 13 –
King Edward II restores the dower lands that had been surrendered by
Margaret de Clare, widow of
Piers Gaveston. •
May 22 – Pursuant to the papal order of April 27, the first of the Spiritual Franciscans (
Fraticelli) appear before Pope John XXII to be confronted over their disobedience. •
June 13 – Cardinal
Jacques de Via, Bishop of Avignon and nephew of Pope John XXII, is found dead. A court will conclude on August 30 that de Via was murdered by
witchcraft. •
June 23 –
Thawun Gyi, Burmese
monarch of the principality of
Toungoo, is assassinated by his younger brother,
Thawun Nge, who takes his place.
July – September •
July 5 – Mongol Prince
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan becomes the ruler of the
Ilkhanate, the Mongol-controlled area of the Middle East. •
July 22 –
Alexander de Bicknor is consecrated by the Pope as the
Archbishop of Dublin. •
August 21 –
Hugues Géraud, the Catholic Bishop of Cahors who is implicated in a plot to assassinate
Pope John XXII, is personally questioned by the Pope. Géraud is convicted on August 30 of witchcraft, sacrilege and the June 13 murder of Cardinal
Jacques de Via, and is burned at the stake as punishment. •
September 1 – Near
Rushyford in County Durham, English knight
Gilbert Middleton begins a rebellion against King Edward II. Middleton attacks and takes hostage the newly elected Bishop of Durham,
Louis de Beaumont, Louis' brother
Henry de Beaumont, and two cardinals,
Gauscelin de Jean and
Luca Fieschi. The cardinals are set free, while the Beaumonts are imprisoned at
Mitford Castle for the next seven weeks.
October – December •
October 7 – Pope John XXII issues the bull
Quorundam exigit, imposing a more lenient treatment of supporters of the Franciscan cause of "unconditional poverty". •
December 11 – King
Birger Magnusson has his brothers, Dukes
Eric Magnusson and
Valdemar Magnusson, captured and thrown into a dungeon during the
Nyköping Banquet – as a revenge for their imprisonment of him in the
Håtuna games (see
1306). As the brothers soon starve to death in the dungeon, their followers rebel against Birger, throwing
Sweden into civil war. •
December 12 – The
Portuguese Royal Navy, with 20 warships, is created by order of
King Denis. The Navy has 20 armed
galleys as warships, under the command of Admiral
Manuel Pessanha and will celebrate its 700th anniversary in 2017 as the
oldest continuously serving navy in the world.
Date unknown • A Hungarian document mentions for the first time
Basarab I as leader of
Wallachia (historians estimate he was on the throne since about
1310). Basarab will become the first
voivode of Wallachia as an independent state, and founder of the
House of Basarab (until
1352). • The
Great Famine of 1315–1317 comes to an end. Crop harvests return to normal – but it will be another five years before food supplies are completely replenished in
Northern Europe. Simultaneously, the people are so weakened by diseases such as
pneumonia,
bronchitis, and
tuberculosis. Historians debate the toll, but it is estimated that 10–25% of the population of many cities and towns dies. == Births ==