Battle of Bannockburn
Robert the Bruce secures Scotland's independence
Robert the Bruce's Scottish infantry defeated an army of Edward II twice its size marching to relieve Stirling Castle. It was the decisive victory of the Wars of Scottish Independence, which England recognised in 1328.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1337 Sergius of Radonezh founds his monastery — 23 years later
Middle East
- 1291 Fall of Acre — 23 years earlier
Africa
- 1324 Hajj of Mansa Musa — 10 years later
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 13 years later
Asia
- 1293 Founding of Majapahit — 21 years earlier
- 1333 Fall of Kamakura — 19 years later
Americas
- c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — 11 years later
Alive at the time
- Marco Polo (aged 60)
- Dante Alighieri (aged 49)
- Osman I (aged 56)
- Philip IV the Fair (aged 46)
- Mansa Musa (aged 34)
- Orhan (aged 33)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 26)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 26)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 10)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 9)