Tenhola Church from the late 15th century
In the year 1329, King John of Bohemia captures the pagan fortress Medvėgalis in Lithuania and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders (Feb 1), the emperor of Ethiopia, Amda Seyon I, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces, providing for the spread of Christianity to frontier areas (Feb 18), over 160 people are killed in Braganstown massacre in Ireland (Jun 10), the town of Tenhola in southern Finland is founded - and all these fine people were born:
1329-xxxx Fairuzabadi* Persian lexicographer/compiler of a comprehensive Arabic dictionary – Fars, Persia (c.1400)
1329-xxxx Hosokawa Yoriyuki* 細川 頼之 samurai/government minister under the Ashikaga shogunate - Japan (1392/c.62)
1329-0106 Ulman Stromer* German long-distance trader/factory owner/councillor - Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (1407/78)
1329-0519 William Ros* 3rd Baron Ros/military commander under Edward III of England - England (1352/23)
1329-0926 Anne of Bavaria* (b Anna Falcká) queen consort of Bohemia – (1353/23)
1329-1122 Elisabeth of Meissen* Burgravine consort of Nuremberg - Wartburg (1375/45)
1329-1129 John I, Duke of Bavaria* married to Anne of Bavaria – Bavaria (1340/11)
Updated 27.1.2021
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