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Year 1326 (MCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events[]

January–December[]

• January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College, the University of Oxford's fifth oldest (still surviving) college, is confirmed by royal charter.
• February 10–March 11 – Raid on Brandenburg: Allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland, led by Władysław I the Elbow-high, and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led by the pagan Gediminas, raid Louis V of Germany's Margraviate of Brandenburg (within the Holy Roman Empire), with the sanction of Pope John XXII.
• April 19 – A peace treaty in the Flemish peasant revolt, 1323-1328, is ratified.
• June 3 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates the border between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
• August 27 – A marriage contract is drawn up between Prince Edward (the future Edward III of England) and Philippa of Hainault, guaranteeing that the wedding will take place within two years.^[1]
• September 24 – England is invaded by Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer.^[2]
• October – Ibn Battuta reaches Mecca.

Date unknown[]

• Orhan I succeeds Osman I, on the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
• Ingeborg of Norway is deposed from political power in Sweden.
• The use of the word "cannon" is first recorded in reference to a firearm.
• Clare College, the University of Cambridge's second oldest (still surviving) college, is founded.

Births[]

• March 5 – King Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)^[3]
• March 30 – Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (d. 1359)^[4]
• May 1 – Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan (d. 1332)
• May 8 – Joanna I of Auvergne, queen consort of France (d. 1360)
• June 29 – Murad I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1389)
• date unknown
  • Olivier de Clisson (The Butcher), French soldier (d. 1407)
  • Robert of Durazzo, Neapolitan nobleman (d. 1356)
  • Prince Narinaga, Japanese Shōgun (d. in either 1337 or 1344, the sources are contradictory)
  • Imagawa Sadayo, Japanese poet and soldier (d. 1420)
  • Isaac ben Sheshet, Spanish Talmudic authority (d. 1408)
• probable
  • Manuel Kantakouzenos, despot of Morea (d. 1380)
  • Seii, King of Chuzan (d. 1349)
  • Simeon Uroš, self-proclaimed Emperor of Serbs and Greeks (d. 1370)

Deaths[]

• January 18 – Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (b. 1247)
• February 28 – Leopold I, Duke of Austria (b. 1290)
• March 26 – Alessandra Giliani, Italian anatomist (b. c. 1307)
• April 29 – Blanche of Burgundy, former queen consort of France (b. c. 1296)
• May 31 – Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley, English rebel baron (b. 1271)
• July 29 – Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (b. 1259)
• October 15 – Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (b. 1261)
• October 27 – Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (executed; b. 1262)
• November 17 – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285)
• November 25 – Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1264)
• November 24 – Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (executed; b. 1286)
• December 20 – Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow
• December 28 – Sir David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, Constable of Scotland, and Chief Warden of Northumberland
• date unknown
  • Mondino de Liuzzi, Italian anatomist (born c. 1270)
  • Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1258)
  • John Palaiologos, Byzantine nobleman (b. 1288 or 1289)
  • Ser Petracco, notary public of the Republic of Florence, father of Petrarch (b. 1267)

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