1330s

The 1330s was a decade that began on 1 January 1330 and ended on 31 December 1339. It is distinct from the decade known as the 134th decade which began on January 1, 1331 and ended on December 31, 1340.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	13th century – 14th century – 15th century
Decades:	1300s 1310s 1320s – 1330s – 1340s 1350s 1360s
Years:	1330 1331 1332 1333 1334 1335 1336 1337 1338 1339
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events and trends

• The poet Petrarch coins the pejorative term Dark Ages to describe the preceding 900 years in Europe, beginning with the fall of the western Roman Empire in 410 through to the renewal embodied in the Renaissance.