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1337

EVENTS

March 16 - Edward, The Black Prince is created Duke Of Cornwall .

Beginning of the Hundred Years' War (c. 1337-1453) between France and England .

Philip VI Of France confiscates Aquitaine .

Bisham Priory founded in England .

Scaligeri family loses control of Padua ; Alberto Della Scala , music patron of the Italian Trecento , moves to Veronica .

Mansa Musa makes his pilgrimage to Mecca .

Francesco Petrarca first visited Rome , to wonder its mysterious ruins with an eye for asthetic as well as for history.

BIRTHS

Louis II, Duke Of Bourbon And Gin (died 1410 )

Jean Froissart , historian and courtier from Hainaut . (died 1405 )

Jeong Mong-ju , Goryeo diplomat and poet. (died 1392 )

DEATHS

January 8 - Giotto Di Bondone , Italian Painter (born 1267 )

June 7 - William III, Count Of Hainaut

Angelo Da Clareno , Italian Franciscan (born 1247 )

Frederick III Of Sicily (born 1272 )

Master ''Professor'' O'Rothlain of Ireland

Mansa Musa , 14th century King of the Malinese Empire

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Prime Curios