1337
Year 1337 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- March 16 - Edward, the Black Prince establishes the Duchy of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke.
- May 24 - Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony from English control.
- August - Second War of Scottish Independence: English forces relieve Stirling Castle, ending Edward III of England's last campaign in Scotland.
- October - Hundred Years' War: Edward III of England formally rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, initiating hostilities between France and England.
- November - Battle of Cadzand: English troops raid the Flemish island of Cadzand.
Date unknown
- Bisham Priory is founded in England.
- The Scaligeri Family loses control of Padua; Alberto della Scala, patron of the music of the Trecento, moves to Verona.
- Petrarch, "father" of Renaissance humanism, first visits Rome to wander its mysterious ruins, with an eye for aesthetics as well as for history, exciting a renewed interest in Classical civilisation.
- The Sofia Psalter is produced in Bulgaria.
- The Despotate of Epirus is conquered by the Byzantine Empire.
- The famine in China, which had lasted since 1332 and killed 6,000,000, comes to an end.