Feb 24 Ibn Battuta, Berber writer and the greatest Muslim traveller who went further than Marco Polo (Riḥlah), born in Tangier, Morocco (d. 368 or 377) Jul 20 Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), born in Arezzo, Tuscany (d. 1374) 1302 Birthdays in History by Year 1309