1328 ( MCCCXXVIII ) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar , the 1328th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 328th year of the 2nd millennium , the 28th year of the 14th century , and the 9th year of the 1320s decade. As of the start of 1328, the Gregorian calendar was 8 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• May 1 ? Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton ? England recognises Scotland as an independent country after the Wars of Scottish Independence .
• May 26 ? William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII .
• May 27 ? King Philip VI of France is crowned.
• August 23 ? Battle of Cassel : French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
• Augustiner brew Munich .

Births [ change | change source ]

• May 7 ? Louis VI the Roman , Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (died 1365 )
• June 25 ? William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury , English military leader (died 1397 )
• September 21 ? Hongwu Emperor of China (died 1398 )
• September 29 ? Joan of Kent , wife of Edward, the Black Prince (died 1385 )
• October 9 ? King Peter I of Cyprus (d. 1369 )
• Avignon Pope Benedict XIII (died 1423 )
• Emperor Go-Murakami , emperor of Japan (died 1368 )
• Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (died 1360 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• February 1 ? King Charles IV of France (born 1294 )
• August 23 ? Nicolaas Zannekin , Flemish peasant leader, killed in the battle of Cassel
• September 27 ? Ibn Taymiya , Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (born 1263 )
• November 16 ? Prince Hisaaki , Japanese shogun (born 1276 )
• Meister Eckhart , German theologian (born 1260 )
• Yesun Temur Khan of the Mongol Empire (born 1276 )