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 10–11 – 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)
References