1324

Years: 1321 1322 1323 - 1324 - 1325 1326 1327

Decades: 1290s 1300s 1310s - 1320s - 1330s 1340s 1350s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

*Publication of Defensor pacis by Marsilius of Padua
* Mansa Kankan Musa I, ruler of the Mali Empire arrives in Cairo on his hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca. With an entourage numbering in the thousands, and so generous with his gold that the price of gold in that city didn't recover for 20 years, his presence in Cairo is remembered for almost a century.

Births

* March 5 - King David II of Scotland (died 1371)

Deaths

* January 8 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer (born 1254)
* July 16 - Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (born 1267)
* John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle
* Henry II of Jerusalem
* Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (born 1270)

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