In the year 1337, Edward the Black Prince, age 6, establishes the Duchy of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke (Mar 16), Philip VI of France confiscates Gascony on the French coast from English control (May 24), Edward III of England formally rejects Philip VI’s claim to the French throne, and thus begins the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) (Oct), slavery is forbidden in Sweden, the famine in China, which had lasted since 1332 and killed 6 million people, comes to an end - and all these fine people were born:

1337-xxxx Jean Froissart* French-speaking medieval author/court historian - Valenciennes, Holy Roman Empire (1405/c.67)
1337-xxxx Bianca of Savoy* Lady of Milan by marriage to Galeazzo II Visconti (1387/c.50)
1337-xxxx Robert III of Scotland* (b John Stewart) King of the Scots - Scotland (1406/c. 68)

1337-0204 Louis II* Duke of Bourbon - Bourbon, Kingdom of France (1410/73)
1337-0225 Wenceslaus I* “Wenceslaus of Bohemia” Duke of Luxembourg - Prague (1383/46)

PS. This is part of the rarer year lists, but the number 1337 is not that rarely used in daily modern life - often transcribed as LEET :)

Updated 3.5.2022
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