Timeline August 1332

Events in August 1332 3

• 1276 – 1332 Christopher II of Denmark (1276-1332) Died 2 August 1332, aged 55 Christopher II reigned twice as King of Denmark, first from 1320 to 1326 and again from 1329 until his death. His rule was marked by chronic debt and the pawning of royal lands to nobles and foreign lords, leaving the kingdom in crisis at his death.
• 1332 Danish Interregnum begins Denmark is left without a crowned king after Christopher II's death Following the death of King Christopher II in August 1332, Denmark entered an eight-year interregnum during which much of the kingdom lay pledged to German creditors and no king held the throne. Royal authority was not restored until Valdemar IV's accession in 1340.
• 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor Edward Balliol's invading force crushes the Scottish regency army On 11 August 1332, a small Anglo-Scottish army backed by Edward Balliol routed a much larger Scottish force led by Donald, Earl of Lennox, near Perth. The victory, won largely through longbow tactics, opened the way for Balliol's coronation and reignited the Second War of Scottish Independence.