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Events
- Beginning of the Renaissance.
- Abacus first used in China.
- Money from Florence, Italy becomes the first International Currency.
- Philip IV of France begins attempt to annex Flanders.
- Wenceslas II of Bohemia becomes King of Poland.
- Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII.
- The Tuareg establish a state centered on Agadez.
- 10 March - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of England (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. It is generally agreed that creag was an early form of cricket.
See also: History of cricket to 1700.
Births
- March 21 - Henry Suso, German mystic (approximate date; died 1366)
- June 1 - Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (died 1338)
- John III, Duke of Brabant (died 1355)
- Jean Buridan, French philosopher and religious skeptic (died 1358)
- Taddeo Gaddi, Italian painter (approximate date; died 1366)
- Qutugtu Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire (died 1329)
- Laurence Minot, English poet (died 1352)
- Richard Rolle, English religious writer (approximate date; died 1349)
- Andrea Tafi, Italian artist (died 1325)
- Chihab Addine Abul-Abbas Ahmad ben Fadhl Al-Umari, Arab historian (died 1384)
Deaths
- May 2 - Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre and Countess of Lancaster (born c. 1248)
- Guido Cavalcanti, Italian poet (born 1250)
- Tsar Chaka, Mongol ruler of Bulgaria
- Tran Hung Dao, Vietnamese general
- William of Nangis, French chronicler
- Munio de Zamora, General of the Dominican Order