Year 1333 (
MCCCXXXIII) was a
common year starting on Friday
A common year starting on Friday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Friday, 1 January, and ends on Friday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is C. The most recent year of such kind was 2021 and the next one will ...
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* May 18 – Siege of Kamakura in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
: Forces loyal to Emperor Go-Daigo, led by Nitta Yoshisada, enter and destroy the city, breaking the power of the Hōjō clan
The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family wielded actual political power in Japan during this period ...
over the Kamakura shogunate. The Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle betwee ...
ends, and the Kenmu Restoration under Go-Daigo begins.
* June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
– William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster, is murdered as part of the Burke Civil War
The Burke/de Burgh Civil War was a conflict in Ireland from 1333 to 1338 between three leading members of the de Burgh (Burke/ Bourke) Anglo-Norman family resulting in the division into three clans.
Background
Twenty-year-old William Donn de ...
in Ireland.
* June 8 – King Edward III of England seizes the Isle of Man from Scottish control.Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, first of the Northern Court (Ashikaga) Pretenders, ends.
* July 19 – Wars of Scottish Independence - Battle of Halidon Hill: Edward III of England decisively defeats Sir Archibald Douglas. Berwick-upon-Tweed returns to English control.
* November 4 – The River Arno floods, causing massive damage in Florence, as recorded by Giovanni Villani.
Date unknown
* A famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, Demographic trap, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an Financial crisis, economic catastrophe or government policies. Th ...
(lasting until 1337
Year 1337 ( MCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 16 – Edward, the Black Prince establishes the Duchy of Cornwall, beco ...
) breaks out in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, killing six million.
* A great famine takes place in Southern Europe. It is known to historians of Catalonia as ''Lo mal any primer'', "the First Bad Year" (equivalent to the Great Famine of 1315–1317 further north), an early notice of the catastrophes of the second half of this century.
* Jan IV of Dražic, Bishop of Prague, founds a friary
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
and builds a stone bridge at Roudnice in Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
.
* The Kapellbrücke wooden bridge over the Reuss Reuss may refer to:
*Reuss (surname)
*Reuss (river) in Switzerland
*Reuss (state) or Reuß, several former states or countries in present-day Germany, and the Republic of Reuss
*Reuss Elder Line and Reuss Younger Line (House of Reuss), members incl ...
in Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...
(Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
) is built; by the 20th century it will be the world's oldest truss bridge and Europe's oldest covered bridge.
* The Venetian historian Marino Sanudo Torsello publishes his ''History of the realm of Romania'' (''Istoria del regno di Romania''), one of the most important sources on the history of Latin Greece
The ''Frankokratia'' ( el, Φραγκοκρατία, la, Francocratia, sometimes anglicized as Francocracy, "rule of the Franks"), also known as ''Latinokratia'' ( el, Λατινοκρατία, la, Latinocratia, "rule of the Latins") and ...
.
Births
* ''date unknown''
**
Kan'ami, Japanese noh actor and writer (d.
1384
Year 1384 ( MCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* May – September 3 – Siege of Lisbon by the Castilian army, during the 1 ...
)
**
Helena Kantakouzene, empress consort of Byzantium (d.
1396
Year 1396 ( MCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* May 19 – Martin I succeeds his brother, John I, as King of Aragon (modern-day ...
)
**
Mikhail II of Tver (d.
1399
Year 1399 ( MCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events January–December
* January – Timur the Lame captures and sacks Haridwar.
* February 3 – ...
)
**
Peter Parler, German architect (d.
1399
Year 1399 ( MCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events January–December
* January – Timur the Lame captures and sacks Haridwar.
* February 3 – ...
)
**
Carlo Zeno
Carlo Zeno (or Zen) (1333 – 8 March 1418) was an Italian admiral from Venice, who is considered a hero of the War of Chioggia against the Republic of Genoa.
Early life
Destined for an ecclesiastical career, Zeno studied at Padua, but dedicat ...
, Venetian admiral (d.
1418
Year 1418 ( MCDXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 31 – Mircea I of Wallachia is succeeded by Michael I of Wallachia.
* ...
)
Deaths
*
February 7 –
Nikko, Japanese priest, founder of
Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism (b.
1246
Year 1246 ( MCCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* February 28 – Siege of Jaén: Castilian forces, led by King Ferdinand III (the Sai ...
)
* March –
William of Alnwick, Franciscan friar and theologian
*
March 2 –
King Wladyslaw I of Poland (b.
1261
Year 1261 ( MCCLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* March 13 – Treaty of Nymphaeum: Emperor Michael VIII (Palaiologos) sig ...
)
*
June 6
Events Pre-1600
* 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
–
William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (b.
1312
Year 1312 ( MCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* June 15 – Battle of Rozgony
The Battle of Rozgony or Battle of Rozhanovce was f ...
)
*
June 18 –
Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria Henry XV, duke of Bavaria, as duke of Lower Bavaria also called Henry III, (28 August 1312 – 18 June 1333 in Natternberg near Deggendorf).
Biography
Henry was a son of Otto III, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes Glowgow (born 1293-96 – died 25 Decem ...
(b.
1312
Year 1312 ( MCCCXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* June 15 – Battle of Rozgony
The Battle of Rozgony or Battle of Rozhanovce was f ...
)
*
July 19 (at the
Battle of Halidon Hill):
**
John Campbell, Earl of Atholl
John Campbell, Earl of Atholl (died 1333) was a Scottish nobleman.
Background
John, also known as Iain, was the son of Sir Neil Campbell by his wife Mary Bruce. His grandparents were Sir Cailean Mór Campbell, Afraig of Carrick, Robert de Brus, ...
**
Alexander Bruce, Earl of Carrick
**
Sir Archibald Douglas
**
Maol Choluim II, Earl of Lennox
**
Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland
*
July 28 –
Guy VIII of Viennois
Guigues VIII de la Tour-du-Pin (1309 – 28 July 1333) was the Dauphin of Vienne from 1318 to his death. He was the eldest son of the Dauphin John II and Beatrice of Hungary.
Career
Only nine years of age when his father died, he succeeded ...
, Dauphin of Vienne (b.
1309
Year 1309 (Roman numerals, MCCCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* March 14 – Sultan Muhammad III of Granada, Muhammad III is depos ...
)
*
November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...
– Empress
Saionji Kishi of Japan (b.
1303
Year 1303 ( MCCCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* September – Emperor Andronikos II (Palaiologos) facing a possible sieg ...
)
*
October 16 –
Antipope Nicholas V
* ''date unknown''
**
Prince Morikuni
was the ninth ''shōgun'' of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.
He was a son of the eighth ''shōgun'' Prince Hisaaki and was a grandson of the Emperor Go-Fukakusa. He was also a puppet ruler controlled by Hōjō Takatoki, who was the Kamakura s ...
, 9th and last
shōgun of the
Kamakura shogunate in Japan. (b.
1301)
**
Nichimoku, Japanese priest, the 3rd high priest of
Taisekiji temple
, more commonly just , informally known as , is the administrative center of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. It is located in the foothills of Mount Fuji in Kamijo, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Taiseki-ji was founded in 1290 by Nikkō Shōn ...
and Nichiren Shoshu (b.
1260
Year 1260 ( MCCLX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Africa
* October 24 – Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seiz ...
)
References
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