1333
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Year 1333 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1333

• June 6 - William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster is murdered and the Burke Civil War begins in Ireland.
• July 7 - The reign of Emperor Kogon of Japan, first of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders, ends.
• July 19 - Battle of Halidon Hill: Edward III defeats Sir Archibald Douglas, during the last of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
• November 4 - The Arno River floods, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by Giovanni Villani.

Undated

• The Kamakura period ends and the Kemmu restoration begins in Japan.
• John of Drazic, bishop of Prague, founds a friary at Roudnice (Raudnitz).

Births

• date unknown
  • Helena Kantakouzene, empress consort of Byzantium (d. 1396)
  • Kanami, Japanese noh actor and writer (d. 1384)
  • Mikhail II, Grand Prince of Tver (d. 1399)
  • Carlo Zeno, Venetian admiral (d. 1418)

Also see Category:1333 births.

Deaths

• February 7 - Nikko, Japanese priest, founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism (b. 1246)
• March - William of Alnwick, Franciscan friar and theologian
• March 2 - King Wladyslaw I of Poland (b. 1261)
• June 6 - William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (b. 1312)
• June 18 - Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1312)
• July 19 (at the Battle of Halidon Hill):
  • John Campbell, Earl of Atholl
  • 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, Dauphin of Vienne (b. 1309)
• September 25 - Prince Morikuni, 9th Kamakura shogun of Japan (b. 1301)
• October 16 - Antipope Nicholas V
• November 15 - Nichimoku, Japanese priest, the 3rd high priest of Taisekiji temple and Nichiren Shoshu (b. 1260)

Also see Category:1333 deaths.