1334
Giotto's Campanile rises beside Florence Cathedral
The aging master began his tower of white, green, and pink marble beside the unfinished Duomo, designing a structure of sublime geometric proportion.
Yuan dynasty floods trigger mass famine on the Yellow River
The Yellow River broke its dikes in Shandong, drowning villages and rotting crops across the North China Plain.
Ibn Battuta visits Kilwa Kisiwani
The Moroccan traveler reached the Swahili island-city and marveled at its stone houses, its gold trade with Sofala, and its sultan's piety.
Benedict XII begins Avignon's monumental building
The new Cistercian pope, an austere man who slept on straw and despised his predecessor's extravagance, ordered construction of a fortress-palace on the rocky…
Gerson's proto-nominalism at Oxford
Oxford's arts faculty in the 1330s fostered an unusually radical generation of logicians building on Ockham and developing formal logic and mathematical…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1334?
Saeculum lists 5 events from 1334. The most significant is Giotto's Campanile rises beside Florence Cathedral: The aging master began his tower of white, green, and pink marble beside the unfinished Duomo, designing a structure of sublime geometric proportion.
What era was 1334 part of?
1334 falls within the Late Middle Ages (1301-1500). Plague, papal schism, and the seeds of nation-states.
Which regions saw notable events in 1334?
The events from 1334 span Europe, East Asia and Africa.