Year 1330 ( MCCCXXX ) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .

Events [ edit ]

January–December [ edit ]

• July 28 – Battle of Velbazhd : The Bulgarians under Tsar Michael Shishman (who is mortally wounded) are beaten by the Serbs . Bulgaria does not lose any territory to Serbia , but is powerless to stop the Serbian advance towards the predominantly Bulgarian-populated Macedonia .
• October 19 – King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, arresting his regent Roger Mortimer , and having him executed.
• November 9 – 12 – Battle of Posada : The Wallachians , under Basarab I , defeat the Hungarians , though heavily outnumbered, thus making a firm statement towards the independence of Wallachia . ^[1]
• December 6 – The British Isles are hit by a great storm , creating large areas of sand dunes on Anglesey .
• Undated – Vilnius , Lithuania receives its coat-of-arms , granted to the city in the seventh year of its existence. ^[2]
• Undated ? Ivan Alexander becomes the despot of Lovech .

Births [ edit ]

• June 15 – Edward, the Black Prince , son of Edward III of England (d. 1376 ) ^[3]
• July 4 – Ashikaga Yoshiakira , Japanese sh?gun (d. 1367 )
• October 25 – 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 [ edit ]

• January 13 – Duke Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286 )
• January 21 – Joan II, Countess of Burgundy , queen dowager of France (b. 1291 )
• March 19 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent , son of Edward I and brother of Edward II (executed by Roger Mortimer) (b. 1301 )
• May 3 – Alexios II Megas Komnenos , Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1282 )
• c. July 31 – Tsar Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1280s ?)
• August 25 – On or about this date, Sir James Douglas , Scottish guerilla leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence (b. circa 1286 )
• September 28 – Elizabeth of Bohemia , queen consort of Bohemia (b. 1292 )
• November 29 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March , de facto ruler of England (b. 1287 )
• date unknown
  • Pietro Cavallini , Italian artist (b. 1259 )
  • 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 ^[4]

References [ edit ]