Year 1336: A Leap Year of Notable Events
The year 1336 (MCCCXXXVI) was a leap year that began on a Monday in the Julian calendar.
Significant Events
- February 25: In an act of defiance against the approaching Teutonic Knights, 4,000 defenders of Pilėnai, Lithuania, chose to commit mass suicide.
- April 18 (unconfirmed): The brothers Harihara and Bukka Raya established the Vijayanagara Empire in southern India.
- April 26: The Italian poet Petrarch claimed to be the first since classical antiquity to ascend Mount Ventoux for the view.
- May 19: The governor of Baghdad, Oirat ‘Ali Padsah, defeated Arpa Ke’un near Maraga, contributing to the decline of the Ilkhanate.
- July 4: In the Battle of Minatogawa, Ashikaga Takauji overcame Japanese Imperial forces led by Kusunoki Masashige and Nitta Yoshisada.
- July 21–22: During the Second War of Scottish Independence, the English burned Aberdeen, Scotland.
- September 20: The reign of Emperor Kōmyō, the second of the Ashikaga Pretenders to the Northern Court of Japan, commenced.
Notable Births
- April 9: Timur, who would become the founder of the Timurid Empire (d. 1405)
- July 25: Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1404)
- Date unknown: Gao Qi, Chinese poet (d. 1374), Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev (d. 1406)
Notable Deaths
- January 20: John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (b. 1306)
- February 25: Margiris, Duke of Samogitia
- March 20: Maurice Csák, Hungarian Dominican friar (b. c. 1270)
- May 17: Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)
- July 4: Elizabeth of Portugal, queen consort and saint (b. 1271)
- September 5: Charles d’Évreux (b. 1305)
- Date unknown: Bernard VIII, Count of Comminges (b. c. 1285), Arpa Ke’un, Ilkhanid ruler, and others.
This year marked a plethora of pivotal occurrences that shaped the landscape of history in Europe and Asia.