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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1329''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[February 1]] &ndash; King [[John of Bohemia]] (of the [[Teutonic Order]]) [[Siege of Medvėgalis|captures]] [[Medvėgalis]], an important fortress of the pagan [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders.<ref name=batura>{{cite book| first=Romas |last=Batūra |title=Laukuva |volume=I|publisher=Versmė |series=Lietuvos valsčiai |year=2005 |chapter=Laukuvos žemė Medvėgalio prieigų gynyboje XIV amžiuje|chapter-url=http://www.llt.lt/pdf/laukuva/istorija-medvegalis.pdf |isbn=9789955589013 |pages=186–187}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Amda Seyon I]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]], begins his campaigns in the southern [[Muslim]] provinces (possibly in [[1332]]).
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Pope John XXII]] condemns some teachings of [[Meister Eckhart]] as heretical.
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Antipope Nicholas V]] is [[Excommunication|excommunicated]] by [[Pope John XXII]].
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Edward III of England]] pays homage to [[Philip VI of France]] for [[Aquitaine]].
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[David II of Scotland|David II]] becomes [[King of Scots]] at age 5; he will rule Scotland for nearly 42 years.
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Braganstown massacre]], [[County Louth]], [[Lordship of Ireland|Ireland]]: Over 160 are killed.<ref>F. Lydon, James (1977). Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, Volume 19, No.1. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and History Society. pp. 5–10. JSTOR 27729435.</ref>
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pelekanon|Battle of Maltepe (Pelekanon)]]: [[Ottoman Turks]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>Bartusis, Marc C. The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204–1453, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.</ref>
* [[August 4]] &ndash; Wittelsbach possessions are divided by the [[Treaty of Pavia (1329)|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 [[Kings of Savoy|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 [[Franciscan]]s.
* [[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]] &ndash; [[Anne of Bavaria]], queen consort of Bohemia (d. [[1353]])
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Meissen]], Burgravine consort of Nuremberg (d. [[1375]])
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Saint Roseline]], Carthusian nun (b. [[1263]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. [[1282]])
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[John Drokensford]], Bishop of Bath and Wells
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Albertino Mussato]], Italian statesman and writer (b. [[1261]])
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[Robert the Bruce]], [[King of Scotland]] (b. [[1274]])
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan]], emperor of the [[Yuan dynasty]] and the [[Mongol Empire]] (b. [[1300]])
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[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]]

== References ==
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