1331
# 1331

Year 1331 (MCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

## Events

### September–December

* September 8 – Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia.
* September 27 – Battle of Płowce: The German Teutonic Knights and the Poles battle to a draw.

### Date unknown

* The Sieges of Cividale del Friuli and Alicante begin.
* The Genkō War begins in Japan.
* Ibn Battuta visits Kilwa.
* The first recorded outbreak of the Black Death occurs, in the Chinese province of Hubei.

## Births

* February 16 – Coluccio Salutati, Florentine political leader (d. 1406)
* April 14 – Jeanne-Marie de Maille, French Roman Catholic saint (b. 1414)
* April 30 – Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
* October 4 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)
* date unknown
   * Hamidüddin Aksarayî, Ottoman teacher of Islam (d. 1412)
   * Blanche d'Évreux, queen consort of France (d. 1398)
   * Michael Palaiologos, Byzantine prince
* probable – Salvestro de' Medici, provost of Florence (d. 1388)

## Deaths

* January 14 – Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer
* April 17 – Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford (b. c. 1257)
* May 12 – Engelbert of Admont, abbot of Admont in Styria
* October 27 – Abulfeda, Kurdish Syrian historian and geographer (b. 1273)
* November 11 – Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (b. c. 1285)
* December 26 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto, titular Latin Emperor (b. 1278)
* December 30 – Bernard Gui, French inquisitor (b. 1261 or 1262)
* date unknown – Matilda of Hainaut, Princess of Achaea (b. 1293)
