1336

Years: 1333 1334 1335 - 1336 - 1337 1338 1339

Decades: 1300s 1310s 1320s - 1330s - 1340s 1350s 1360s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

• End of the Kemmu restoration and beginning of the Muromachi period in Japan.
• Start of the reign of Emperor Kōmyō, second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
• Foundation of Vijayanagara on the southern part of the Deccan plateau in India by the brothers Harihara and Bukka Raya.
• Aberdeen is burned by the English.

Births

• April 14 - Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (died 1374)
• July 25 - Albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404)
• King Albert of Sweden (died 1412)
• Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1406)
• Pope Gregory XI (died 1378)
• Pope Innocent VII (died 1406)
• Gao Qi, Chinese poet (died 1374)
• Tamerlane, founder of the Timurid Empire (died 1405)

Deaths

• May 17 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (born 1288)
• Bagdad Katun, Chobanid princess
• Arpa Ke'un, Ilkhanid emperor
• Ramon Muntaner, Catalan soldier and writer (born 1270)
• Cino da Pistoia, Italian poet (born 1270)
• Elizabeth of Portugal, Catholic saint (born 1271)