Year 1332 (MCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• February 18 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia, begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1329).
• August 10–11 – Battle of Dupplin Moor: Edward Balliol rebels, and the English defeat the loyalists of David II in Scotland.^[1]
• September – Edward Balliol crowns himself King of Scotland.^[1]
• November 7 – Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden.
• December 16 – Battle of Annan: The loyalists of David II defeat Edward Balliol in Scotland.^[2]
• The city of Marosvásárhely (in Transylvania, today Târgu Mureș in Romania) is first documented in the papal registry, under the name Novum Forum Siculorum.

Births

• May 27 – Ibn Khaldun, North African Arab historian (d. 1406)
• June 8 – Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1359)
• June 16 – Isabella de Coucy, English princess, daughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1379 or 1382)
• June 18 – John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1391)
• October 10 – King Charles II of Navarre (d. 1387)
• date unknown
  • Pero López de Ayala, Spanish soldier (d. 1407)
  • Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (d. 1363)
  • Andrea Vanni, Italian painter (d. c. 1414)
  • Hanna van Recklinghausen, Dutch banker
  • Xu Da, Chinese military leader (d. 1385)
• Approximate
  • William Langland, English poet (d. c.1400)^[3]
  • Catherine of Vadstena, Swedish saint (d. 1381)^[4]

Deaths

• January 8 – Andronikos III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond
• February – Henry Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey (b. c. 1265)
• February 13 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1259)
• March 13 – Theodore Metochita, Byzantine Empire statesman, author, man of learning, and patron of the arts (b. 1270)
• June 16 – Adam de Brome, founder of Oriel College, Oxford
• July 20 – Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland
• August 2 – King Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276)
• August 11 – at the Battle of Dupplin Moor^[1]
  • Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
  • Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
  • Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
  • Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
  • Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
• September 4 – García de Ayerbe, Spanish bishop and crusade theorist^[5]
• date unknown
  • Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1304)
  • Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1326)
• approximate date – Mary of Woodstock, English princess (b. 1279)