1326
Year 1326 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- January 21 - The foundation of Oriel College, the University of Oxford's fifth oldest 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, 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 and Philippa of Hainault, guaranteeing that the wedding will take place within two years.
- September 24 - England is invaded by Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer.
- 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 college, is founded.
Births
- March 5 - King Louis I of Hungary
- March 30 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy
- May 1 - Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan
- May 8 - Joanna I of Auvergne, queen consort of France
- June 29 - Murad I, Ottoman sultan
- date unknown
- * Olivier de Clisson, French soldier
- * Robert of Durazzo, Neapolitan nobleman
- *Prince Narinaga, Japanese Shōgun
- * Imagawa Sadayo, Japanese poet and soldier
- * Isaac ben Sheshet, Spanish Talmudic authority
- probable
- * Manuel Kantakouzenos, despot of Morea
- * Seii, King of Chuzan
- * Simeon Uroš, self-proclaimed Emperor of Serbs and Greeks
Deaths
- January 18 - Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron
- February 28 - Leopold I, Duke of Austria
- March 26 - Alessandra Giliani, Italian anatomist
- April 29 - Blanche of Burgundy, queen consort of France
- May 31 - Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley, English rebel baron
- July 29 - Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
- October 15 - Walter de Stapledon, English bishop
- October 27 - Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
- November 17 - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician
- November 25 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shōgun
- November 24 - Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight
- 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
- * Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
- * John Palaiologos, Byzantine nobleman
- * Ser Petracco, notary public of the Republic of Florence, father of Petrarch
