Calendar year
Year 1330 (MCCCXXX ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar .
Events
January–DecemberJuly 28 – Battle of Velbazhd : The Bulgarians under Tsar Michael Shishman (who is mortally wounded) are beaten by the Serbs . Bulgaria does not lose any territory to Serbia , but is powerless to stop the Serbian advance towards the predominantly Bulgarian-populated Macedonia .October 19 – King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, arresting his regent Roger Mortimer , and having him executed.November 9 –12 – Battle of Posada : The Wallachians , under Basarab I , defeat the Hungarians , though heavily outnumbered, thus making a firm statement towards the independence of Wallachia .December 6 – The British Isles are hit by a great storm , creating large areas of sand dunes on Anglesey .Undated – Vilnius , Lithuania receives its coat-of-arms , granted to the city in the seventh year of its existence. Undated – Ivan Alexander becomes the despot of Lovech .
Births
Deaths January 13 – Duke Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286 )January 21 – Joan II, Countess of Burgundy , queen dowager of France (b. 1291 )March 19 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent , son of Edward I and brother of Edward II (executed by Roger Mortimer) (b. 1301 )May 3 – Alexios II Megas Komnenos , Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1282 )c. July 31 – Tsar Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1280s ?) August 25 – On or about this date, Sir James Douglas , Scottish guerilla leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence (b. circa 1286 )September 28 – Elizabeth of Bohemia , queen consort of Bohemia (b. 1292 )November 29 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March , de facto ruler of England (b. 1287 )date unknown The Battle of Posada (November 9–12, 1330) in Chronicon Pictum . The Basarab I of Wallachia 's army ambushes Charles Robert of Anjou , king of Hungary and his 30,000-strong invading army. The Vlach (Romanian ) warriors roll down rocks over the cliff edges in a place where the Hungarian mounted knights cannot escape from them nor climb the heights to dislodge the attackers.
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