Editing 1330

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{{C14 year in topic}}Year '''1330''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCCCXXX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Battle of Velbazhd]]: The [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarians]] under Tsar [[Michael Shishman of Bulgaria|Michael Shishman]] (who is mortally wounded) are beaten by the [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Serbs]]. Bulgaria does not lose any territory to [[Serbia]], but is powerless to stop the Serbian advance towards the predominantly Bulgarian-populated [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]].
* [[October 19]] &ndash; King [[Edward III of England]] starts his personal reign, arresting his regent [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March|Roger Mortimer]], and having him executed.
* [[November 9]]&ndash;[[November 12|12]] &ndash; [[Battle of Posada]]: The [[Wallachia]]ns, under [[Basarab I]], defeat the [[Hungarians]], though heavily outnumbered, thus making a firm statement towards the independence of [[Wallachia]].<ref>Djuvara, Neagu. Thocomerius – Negru Vodă. Un voivod de origine cumană la inceputurile Țării Românești. Bucharest: Humanitas, 2007. ISBN 978-973-50-1731-6.</ref>
* [[December 6]] &ndash; The [[British Isles]] are hit by a great [[storm]], creating large areas of [[sand dunes]] on [[Anglesey]].
* Undated &ndash; [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]] receives its [[coat-of-arms]], granted to the city in the seventh year of its existence.<ref>Miesčionaitienė, Eugenija; Misevičius, Juozas; Stanaitis, Stanislovas; Valaitytė, Violeta (2009). Lietuviai inteligentai tautos laisvės ir pažangos kelyje (PDF). Vilnius: VĮ Mokslotyros institutas. p. 60. ISBN 978-9986-795-61-2. Retrieved June 11, 2023.</ref>
* Undated – [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria|Ivan Alexander]] becomes the [[Despotate of Lovech|despot of Lovech]]. </onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Edward, the Black Prince]], son of [[Edward III of England]] (d. [[1376]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/black_prince.shtml|title=Edward, the Black Prince (1330 - 1376)|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref>
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]], Japanese [[List of shōguns|shōgun]] (d. [[1367]])
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Louis II of Flanders]] (d. [[1384]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Frans Ackerman]], Flemish statesman (d. [[1387]])
** [[Euphemia of Sicily]], princess regent of Sicily (d. [[1359]])
** [[Altichiero]], Italian painter (d. [[1390]])
** [[Nicolas Flamel]], French scribe and manuscript-seller, reputed alchemist (d. [[1417]])
** [[John Gower]], English poet (d. [[1410]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 13]] &ndash; Duke [[Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg)|Frederick I of Austria]] (b. [[1286]])
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Joan II, Countess of Burgundy]], queen dowager of France (b. [[1291]])
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent]], son of Edward I and brother of Edward II (executed by Roger Mortimer) (b. [[1301]])
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Alexios II of Trebizond|Alexios II Megas Komnenos]], [[Empire of Trebizond|Emperor of Trebizond]] (b. [[1282]])
* c. [[July 31]] &ndash; Tsar [[Michael Shishman of Bulgaria]] (b. [[1280]]s?)
* [[August 25]] &ndash; On or about this date, [[James Douglas, Lord of Douglas|Sir James Douglas]], Scottish guerilla leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence (b. circa [[1286]])
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)|Elizabeth of Bohemia]], queen consort of Bohemia (b. [[1292]])
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March]], de facto ruler of England (b. [[1287]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Pietro Cavallini]], Italian artist (b. [[1259]])
** [[Guillaume Durand (nephew)|Guillaume Durand]], French clergyman
** [[Immanuel the Roman]], Italian scholar and poet (b. [[1270]])
** [[Maximus Planudes]], Byzantine grammarian and theologian
** [[Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula]], Marinid prince and ''[[shaykh al-ghuzat]]'' of the Emirate of Granada<ref>{{cite book|last=Manzano Rodríguez|first=Miguel Angel|title=La intervención de los Benimerines en la Península Ibérica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFiBHiEuHucC|year=1992|publisher=Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press|isbn=978-84-00-07220-9|language=es|page=351}}</ref>

[[File:Viennese Illuminated Chronicle Posada.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[Battle of Posada]] (November 9–12, 1330) in [[Chronicon Pictum]]. The [[Basarab I of Wallachia]]'s army ambushes [[Charles Robert of Anjou]], king of Hungary and his 30,000-strong invading army. The [[Vlach]] ([[Romanians|Romanian]]) warriors roll down rocks over the cliff edges in a place where the Hungarian mounted knights cannot escape from them nor climb the heights to dislodge the attackers.]]

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