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: This page concerns 1337, the year. 1337 is also the "self-naming" of Leet. Year 1337 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1337

March 16 - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall.
The Hundred Years' War (c. 1337-1453) begins between France and England.
Philip VI of France confiscates Aquitaine.
Bisham Priory is founded in England.
The Scaligeri family loses control of Padua; Alberto della Scala, music patron of the Italian Trecento, moves to Veronica.
Francesco Petrarca (often considered the first man of the Renaissance) first visits Rome, to wander its mysterious ruins with an eye for aesthetic as well as for history, exciting a renewed interest in Classical civilisation.
Sweden bans slavery.

Births

Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1410)
Jean Froissart, historian and courtier from Hainaut (d. 1405)

Jeong Mong-ju, Goryeo diplomat and poet (d. 1392)
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Deaths

January 8 - Giotto di Bondone, Italian Painter (b. 1267)

June 7 - William III, Count of Hainaut

June 25 - Frederick III of Sicily (b. 1272)

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Angelo da Clareno, Italian Franciscan (b. 1247)
Mansa Musa, 14th century King of the Malinese Empire
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Bibliography

Prime Curios

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