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1300                        Ars Nova (1300-1370)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                WAR OF THE SICILIAN VESPERS ...   (1282-1302)       Aragon, Trinacria  vs. Naples, France, Majorca

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                House of Hainaut controls Netherlands (Holland) (-1356)

                                Wenceslaus II becomes king of Poland

                                Papal jubilee in Rome

                                Smilitz -                                (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Caka +-                                 (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Theodore Svetoslav +         (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Treatises of Walter Odington and Johannes de Grocheo

                                Las Huelgas Codex

                                Montpellier Codex

                                Chauliac, Guy de                                                                  1300-1368               Surgeon (Auvergne, France)

                                Elijah, Aaron ben                                                                 1300-1309?

                                Machaut, Guillaume                                                             1300-1377               Composer

                                Suso, Heinrich                                                                      1300-1366

                                Tauler, Johannes                                                                  1300-1361

                                de Cruce, Petrus                                                                   1270-1300               Musician

1301                        Pulpit - S. Andrea, Pistoia (Giovanni Pisano) completed

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                WAR OF THE SICILIAN VESPERS ...   (1282-1302)       Aragon, Trinacria  vs. Naples, France, Majorca

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Edward I of England invests his baby son Edward as Prince of Wales

                                Wenceslaus III of Bohemia is crowned king of Hungary

                                Osman - founder of Ottoman Turks -  defeats Byzantines

                                Andrew III -                          (Hungary)                                              King 

                                Wenceslaus +                       (Hungary)                                              King  (Wenzel III of Bohemia)

1302                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                WAR OF THE SICILIAN VESPERS -    (1282-1302)       Aragon, Trinacria  vs. Naples, France, Majorca

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Battle of Courtrai - burghers of Flanders slaughter 300+ French mounted knights and avoid occupation (7/11)

                                Peace of Caltabellott - splits Sicily into Isl.Kingdom of Trinacria & Kingdom of Sicily (Mezzogiorno) (8/19)

                                Unam Sanctam - Papal Bull - Pope Boniface VIII declares papal authority to be supreme (11/18)

                                Pepo, Cenni di (Cimabue)                                                   1240-1302

1303                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Guillaume de Nogaret - emissary of Philip IV of France - captures Pope Boniface IV at Anagni

                                Pope Boniface IV is rescued by citizens of Anagni but dies soon after in Rome

                                Mahommed II -                     (Granada)

                                Mahommed III +                   (Granada)

                                Boniface VIII -                      (Roman Patriarchate)

                                Benedict XI +                        (Roman Patriarchate)

                                Bridget of Sweden                                                               1303-1373

1304                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Revolt of Catalan mercenaries

                                Andrey -                                (Vladimir)                                               Grand Duke

                                Michael of Tver +                (Vladimir)                                               Grand Duke

                                Benedict XI -                         (Roman Patriarchate)

                                Clement V +                           (Roman Patriarchate)                           (1304-1314)    Bertrand de Got (AB of Bordeaux)

                                Petrarch, Francesco                                                             1304-1374

1305                        Dream of Joachim (Giotto)

                                The Washing of the Feet (Giotto) (1305-1306)

                                The Resurrection - Kariye Camii, Istanbul (1305-1321)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                English capture and execute William Wallace (8/22)

                                “Babylonian Captivity”  begins - Papal See removed to exile in Avignon (-1378)(1377)

                                Juana I -                                 (Navarre)

                                Luis Hutfn +                          (Navarre)

                                Wenceslaus II -                    (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  King

                                Wenceslaus III +                  (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  King

                                Guy de Dampierre -              (Flanders)                                              Count

                                Robert III +                            (Flanders)                                              Count (from Bethune)

                                Wenceslaus -                        (Hungary)                                              King  (Wenzel of Bohemia)

                                Otto of Bavaria +                  (Hungary)                                              King 

                                Wenceslaus II -                    (Polish Kingdom)                                 Premyslid Dynasty (from Bohemia)

                                Wenceslaus III +                  (Polish Kingdom)                                 Premyslid Dynasty (from Bohemia)

1306                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                New Scottish rebellion against English rule led by Robert Bruce - crowned king at Scone

                                Philip IV expels Jews from France

                                Premyslid Line in Bohemia becomes extinct - accession of  Luxemburg dynasty in Bohemia

                                Poland becomes united (1320?)

                                Robert I the Bruce +            (Scotland)                                              King

                                Wenceslaus III -                   (Bohemia)                                              Premyslid  King

                                Wenceslaus III -                   (Polish Kingdom)                                 Premyslid Dynasty (from Bohemia)

                                Ladislaus I the Short +        (Polish Kingdom)                                 Lokietek

                                Halle, Adam de la                                                 1250-1306               Playwright/Trouvere (Arras, France)

1307                        Divine Comedy (Dante)    (1307-1321)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Edward I dies on march north to crush Robert Bruce (7/7)

                                Edward I -                              (England)                                               (1272-1307)    King

                                Edward II +                            (England)                                               (-1327)    King

                                Henry +                                  (Bohemia)                                              (-1310)    Premyslid  King

                                Otto of Bavaria -                   (Hungary)                                              King 

                                Kankan Mansa Musa +      (Mali)                                                     (-1332)    King                       (or 1312-1337)

                                Temur Oljaitu -                      (Yuan China)                                         Ch'eng Tsung (grandson of  Kublai Khan)

                                Edward I Plantagenet                                                          1239-1307               King of England

1308                        Christ entering Jerusalem (Duccio) Siena panels begun (-1311)

                                Maesta (Duccio)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Edward II marries Isabella of France, daughter of king Philip IV in France (1/25)

                                Removal of the papacy from Rome to Avignon

                                Albert I  -                               (Holy Roman Empire)(Austria)          (1298-)(1281-)        Emperor/Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Henry VII Luxemburg +       (Holy Roman Empire)                          (-1310)    Emperor

                                Frederick +                            (Austria)                                                Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Leopold I +                            (Austria)                                                co-regent (Hapsburg)

                                Charles I +                             (Hungary)                                              King 

                                Tournai Mass

                                Scotus, John Duns                                                              1266-1308

1309                        Verdant Peaks above Clouds (Kao K'o-Kung)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Mahommed III -                    (Granada)

                                Nazar +                                   (Granada)

                                Robert of Anjou                                                                   1309-1343               Musician

1310                        Ognissanti Madonna in Glory with Saints and Angels (Giotto) (-1315)

                                Illustrations from Jami' Al-Tawarikh (Mongol)

                                Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316)

                                Jami' Al-Tawarikh (Rashid al-Din)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                English barons appoint 21 peers - the Lords Ordainers - to manage Edward II's household

                                Henry -                                  (Bohemia)                                             (1307-1310)         Premyslid  King

                                John the Blind +                  (Bohemia)                                             Luxemburg Dynasty

1311                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Viennne Council

1312                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Order of Knights Templars abolished for malpractices

                                Lancoletto Malocello sets sail from Genoa in search of lost Vivaldi expedition of 1291

                                Marsilius of Padua becomes rector of the University of Paris

                                Nazar -                                   (Granada)

                                Ismail I +                               (Granada)

                                Ferdinand IV -                      (Castile)               

                                Alfonso XI +                         (Castile)                                                (-1350)

                                Edward III Plantagenet                                                        1312-1377               King of England

                                Dubois, Peter                                                                        1250-1312

1313                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Siege of Rostock ends

                                Rosicrucian Order is founded

                                Henry VII Luxemburg -        (Holy Roman Empire)                          (1308-)

                                Boccaccio, Giovanni                                                            1313-1375

                                Cola                                                                                        1313-1354

                                Arnold of Villanova                                                             1240-1313

1314                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Pope Clement V dies (4/20)

                                Battle of Bannockburn - Robert Bruce defeats Edward II and makes Scotland independent (6/23)

                                Philip IV  the Fair dies – Louis X succeeds (11/29)

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                                Civil War in Holy Roman Empire - Louis IV vs.  Frederick of Austria (-1347)

                                Philip IV le Bel +                 (France)                                                 (1285-1314)         H.Capet 11th King

                                Louis X le Hutin +               (France)                                                 (1314-1316)         King"the Quarrel" some

                                Louis IV Wittelsbach +      (Holy Roman Empire)                         (1314-1346)         Emperor (of Bavaria) (Hapsburg)

                                Clement V -                          (Roman Patriarchate)                         (1304-1314)          Bertrand de Got   (1st Avignon Pope)

1315                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Battle of Morgarten -Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria

                                Lull, Raymond                                                                      1235-1315

1316                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Papacy sends eight Dominican friars to search for Prester John - legendary Christian emperor - in Ethiopia

                                Louis X le Hutin -                 (France)                                                 (1314-1316)    King "the Quarrel" some

                                John I +-                                  (France)                                                                   *****

                                Philip V +                               (France)                                                 (1316-1322)    King (the Tall)

                                Luis Hutfn -                           (Navarre)

                                Philip +                                   (Navarre)

                                Ala ud din Khilji -                 (Khilji Dynasty)                                    Second Delhi Sultanate

                                Qutb ud din Mubarak +        (Khilji Dynasty)                                    Second Delhi Sultanate (Shah)

                                John XXII +                          (Roman Patriarchate)                             (1316-1334)      2nd Avignon Pope

                                Ars Novae                                                              Philippe de Vitry   (-1320)

                                Albert of Saxony                                                                  1316-1390

                                Abano, Pietro d’                                                                   1250-1316

1317                        St. Louis of Toulouse crowning Robert of Anjou (Simone Martini)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                France adopts the Salic Law - excluding women from succession to the throne

                                Basarab I +                            (Walachia)                                             Grand Voivoide and Prince

1318                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Swiss makes peace with the Hapsburgs

                                Michael of Tver -                 (Vladimir)                                               Grand Duke

                                Yuri Danilovich +                 (Vladimir)                                               Grand Duke (of Moscow)

                                Birger II Magnusson -         (Sweden)                                               House of Folkung

                                Pomerium artis musicae mensurabilis               Marchettus of Padua

1319                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Union of Kalmar unites Sweden and Norway

                                Eric VI -                                  (Denmark)                                              Maendved

                                Christopher II +                    (Denmark)

                                Magnus II Eriksson +          (Sweden)                                               House of Folkung

                                Haakon V Longlegs -           (Norway)

                                Magnus VII +                       (Norway)

                                Ars Novae musicae                                             Jean de Muris      

                                Buoninsegna, Duccio di                                                     1255-1319

1320                        Raising of Drusiana (Giotto)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                End of Khalji sultans - Tughluq Dynasty in Delhi founded by theTurk Ghidyas-ud-din Tughluq (1319-1413)

1321                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Battle on the Irpen' River - Duchy of Lithuania defeats Kiev - end of Rurik Dynasty 

                                Stephan Uros III Dekanski becomes King of Serbia

                                Qutb ud din Mubarak -       (Khilji Dynasty)                                    Second Delhi Sultanate (Shah)

                                Ghiyas ud din Tughluq +    (Tughlaq Dynasty)                              Shah (India)

                                Alighieri, Dante                                                                    1265-1321

1322                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Bahmani Dynasty begins (-1527)

                                Philip V -                                (France)                                                 King (the Tall)

                                Charles IV le Bel +                (France)                                                 (-1328)    King (the Fair)

                                Philip -                                    (Navarre)

                                Charles I +                             (Navarre)

                                Robert III -                             (Flanders)                                              Count (from Bethune)

                                Louis I +                                (Flanders)                                              Count (from Nevers/Crecy)

                                Theodore Svetoslav -          (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                George II Terter +                 (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Michael +                              (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

1323                        Letters of Gendiminas (1323-1324)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Gendimas of Lithuania writes a letter to Lubeck, Sund, Bremen, Magdeberg, Cologne, et al (1/25)

                                Treaty of Nöteborg - regulates border between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) (8/12)

                                Edward II stays at Liverpool Castle (10/24)                                     (-10/30)

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                                George II Terter -  (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

1324                        Defensor pacis (The Defender of Peace) (Marsilius of Padua w/ Averroist John of Jandun)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Mansa Musa I of Mali makes hegira to Mecca (-1325)

                                Osman I -                               (Ottoman Empire)

                                Wycliffe, John                                                                      1324-1384               (1329-)

                                Polo, Marco                                                                          1254-1324

1325                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Beginning of regular sea traffic between Italy and northern Europe via the open Atlantic

                                Ivan I Kalita founds the Muscovite state (-1341)

                                Ibn Battuta begins his travels           

                                Aztecs found Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)

                                Ismail I -                                 (Granada)

                                Mahommed IV +                   (Granada)

                                Ghiyas ud din Tughluq -     (Tughlaq Dynasty)                              Shah

                                Muhammad bin Tughluq + (Tughlaq Dynasty)                              (-1351)   

                                Diniz -                                     (Portugal)                                              House of Burgundy

                                Alfonso IV +                         (Portugal)                                              House of Burgundy

                                Ivan I Kalita +                       (Muscovy)                                            (-1341)

                                Codex Las Huelgas                                              Spanish

                                Landini, Francesco                                                              1325-1397               Musician

1326                        FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer sail from France with an army to rebel against Edward II of England

                                First Polish War (-1333)

                                Treaty of Corbeil - Robert the Bruce renews the Auld Alliance of 1295 with France

                                Leopold I -                               (Austria)                                                co-regent

                                Yuri Danilovich -                  (Vladimir)                                               Grand Duke (of Moscow)

                                Alexander of Tver +             (Vladimir)                                               Grand Duke

                                Orkhan I +                             (Ottoman Empire)

                                Osman I                                                                                 1259-1326

1327                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1296-1328)

                                Parliament declares Edward II deposed - son Edward III accedes at 14

                                Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV invades Italy and declares Pope John XXII deposed

                                Earliest documented mention of an artillery piece

                                Edward II -                             (England)                                               (1307-)                    King (deposed & murdered)

                                Roger Mortimer +                 (England)                                               (1327-1330)            usurper 

                                Edward III +                          (England)                                               (-1377)                    King (s. Edward II)

                                James II -                               (Aragon)

                                Alfonso IV +                         (Aragon)

                                Eckhart, Meister                                                                   1260-1327

                                Edward II Plantagenet                                                         1284-1327               King of England

1328                        Petrarch meets Laura

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                FIRST WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE -   (1296-1328)

                                Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton -  ends First War of Scottish Independence -  signed by Edward III  (3/17)

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                                William of Occam flees to Pisa under protection of Louis IV (against John XXII)

                                House of Valois ascends to French throne - replaces Capetian dynasty

                                Metropolitan see moves from Kiev to Moscow

                                Andronicus II -                     (Byzantine Empire)                               (1282-)

                                Andronicus III +                  (Byzantine Empire)

                                Charles IV le Bel  -                (France)                                                 (1322-)    King (the Fair)      Capetian Dynasty

                                Philip VI +                              (France)                                                 (-1350)    King                       Valois Dynasty

                                Charles I -                              (Navarre)

                                Juana II +                               (Navarre)                                               (-1349)

                                Alexander of Tver -              (Vladimir)                                               Grand Duke

                                Ivan I (Kalita) +                    (Russia)                                                 Grand Duke of Moscow

                                Nicholas V (antipope) +      (Roman Patriarchate)                            aka Pietro Rainalducci                             (1328-1330)

                                John of Jandun                                                                             ????-1328

1329                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Amda Seyon I of Ethiopia begins military campaign in the southern Muslim provinces  (2/18)            (-1332)

                                Nicholas V antipope is exccommunicated by John XXII

                                Robert I the Bruce -             (Scotland)                                              King

                                David II +                              (Scotland)                                              King (son of Robert the Bruce)

1330                        Baptism of Christ (Andrea Pisano) (-1336)

                                The Pestkreuz (St Maria in Kapitol - Cologne Cathedral)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Edmund of Woodtock is executed by Mortimer for plotting to restore a still living? Edward II (3/19)

                                Battle of Velbuzd - Serbia defeats Bulgaria - victory shapes the Balkan balance of power  for decades (7/28)

                                Edward III's Coup d'Etat  - Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella arrested and transferred to the tower (10/19)

                                Roger Mortimer is hanged at Tyburn (11/29)

                                Frederick -                             (Austria)                                                Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Albert II +                             (Austria)                                                Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Otto +                                     (Austria)                                                co-regent (Hapsburg)

                                Michael -                               (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Ivan II Stephen +                 (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Ivan I Alexander +               (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Gaja Mada +                          (Majapahit)                                           (1330-1364)    mapatih

                                Nicholas V (antipope) -        (Roman Patriarchate)                         (1328-1330)    aka Pietro Rainalducci

                                Italian Ars Nova (-1410)

                                Speculum musicae                                               Jacob of Liege

                                Buridan, Jean                                                                        1330-1358               Philosopher (Bethune, France)

                                Edward Plantagenet (the Black Prince)                             1330-1376

                                Theophanes                                                                          1330-1410

1331                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                Stefan Dusan declares himself King of Serbia (9/8)

                                Edward Baillol is enthroned as King of Scotland (9/24)

                                Battle of Plownce - Polish forces hold their own against the Teutonic Knights  (9/27)

                                Emperor Kogon occupies the Northern Court in Japan - first Northern Ashikaga Pretender  (10/22)

                                Ivan II Stephen -                  (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Salutati, Coluccio                                                                 1331-1406

1332                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE +   (1332-1357)

                                Edward Balliol - son of John - attempts to seize the throne of Scotland with English help - driven back

                                Christopher II -                     (Denmark)

                                Valdemar IV +                       (Denmark)                                              Atterdag

                                Kankan Mansa Musa -         (Mali)                                                     (1307-)    King

                                Andronicus II Palaeologus                                                                1258-1332               Byzantine Emperor

1333                        Annunciation (Simone Martini)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                Battle of Halidon Hill - Edward III invades Scotland on Edward Balliol's behalf  and defeats the Scots (7/19)

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                                Teutonic Knights defeat the Poles

                                Restoration of Poland under Casimir III

                                Daigo II of Japan overthrows Hojo Shogunate (regency) at Kamakura and sets up period of personal rule

                                Mahommed IV -                      (Granada)

                                Youcef I +                                (Granada)

                                Ladislaus I the Short -         (Polish Kingdom)                                 Lokietek

                                Casimir III the Great +        (Poland)                                                 First king of Poland

                                Daigo II +                                (Japan)                                                   Emperor

1334                        Frontispiece from a copy of Hariri's Makamet (Mamluk Painting)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                Plague epidemic begins in Constantinople - spreads throughout Europe and Asia

                                John XXII -                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                          (1316-1334)   2nd Avignon Pope

                                Benedict XII +                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                          (1334-1342)    3rd Avignon Pope

1335                        Illuminations from the Luttrell Psalter of Geoffrey Luttrell    (1335-1340)

                                Virgin and Child (Villeneuve-les Avignon - Ivory Group)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                Pope Benedict XII issues reforms of the monastic orders

1336                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                Zenith of Serbia under Stephen IV Dusan (-1355)

                                Vijayanagar founded

                                Revolution in Japan - Daigo II is exiled

                                Ashikaga family rule Japan as shoguns (-1568)

                                Civil war in Japan (-1392)

                                Alfonso IV -                          (Aragon)

                                Pedro IV +                             (Aragon)                                                the Ceremonious

                                Daigo II -                               (Japan)                                                   Emperor

                                Tamerlane                                                                              1336-1405               Conqueror (Kesh , near Samarkand)

1337                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR +   (1337-1453)                      

                                Outbreak of Hundred Years' War (-1453)

                                Edward III of Englanddeclares himself king of France - provoked by French attacks on his French territories -

                                Louis I -                                 (Flanders)                                              Count (from Nevers/Crecy)

                                Jacob van Artevelde +        (Flanders)                                              Governor

                                Froissart, Jean                                                                      1337-1404

                                Giotto                                                                                     1267-1337               Painter

1338                        Good Government in the city/country (Ambrogio Lorenzetti) (-1340)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Hundred Years War begins

                                Declaration of Rense - Electors of the HRE declare the empire to be independent from the papacy (7/16)

                                Treaty of Coblenz - alliance between England and the Holy Roman Empire

                                Head if the Ashikaga house sets up a puppet emperor, proclaims himself Shogun and sets up base at Kyoto

1339                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Go-Murakami ascends to the Japanese throne (9/18)

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                                Muslims conquer Kashmir

                                Otto -                                      (Austria)                                                co-regent (Hapsburg)

                                Go-Murakami +                     (Japan)                                                   97th Emperor                                                        

1340                        The Road to Calvary (Simone Martini)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Battle of Sluys - England destroys Frech Fleet - gains command of the English Channel (6/24)

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                                English Parliament passes four statutes stating that only Parliament shall impose taxes

                                Chaucer, Geoffrey                                                                1340-1400

1341                        Taliq script in use - Arabic style used for Persian literature

                                Petrarch crowned poet laureate at the Capitol in Rome

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION +   (1341-1364)                          Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Manfrred V sacks Saluzzo - reinstated as marquess

                                Margarete Maultasch, Cuntess of Tyrol, expels her husband John Henry if Bohemia with help of aristocracy

                                Andronicus III -                   (Byzantine Empire)

                                John V +                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (1341-1376)1          Emperor (Palaiologan Dynasty)

                                Ivan I (Kalita) -                     (Russia/ Muscovy)                              Grand Duke of Moscow

                                Simeon +                                (Russia/ Muscovy)                              Grand Duke of Moscow

                                Sulaiman +                             (Mali)                                                     King

1342                        Italia mia (Petrarch)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Clement VI begins term as Pope (5/7)

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                                Marsilius of Padua argues that the emperor has final jurisdiction in matrimonial cases

                                Benedict XII's mission to the Mongol court

                                Charles I -                              (Hungary)                                              King 

                                Louis the Great +                  (Hungary)                                              King 

                                Benedict XII -                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                       (1334-1342)  3rd Avignon Pope

                                Clement VI +                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (1342-1352)      4th Avignon Pope

                                Marsilius of Padua (Marsiglio)                                           1275-1342               Political Theorist (U. of Paris)

1343                        Frescoed Hunting Scene from Clement VI's Study (Matteo giovanetti di Viterbo)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Peace of Kalisch - Teutonic Knights gain land cutting off Poland's access to the Baltic Sea

                                Robert of Anjou                                                                   1309-1343               Musician

1344                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                First known use of the term Hanseatic League

                                Six members of the Lackfy family begin formal rule in Transylvania (-1376)

                                Martini, Simone                                                                    1280-1344

1345                        De Vita Solitaria (Petrarch)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Byzantine Emperor enlists the help of the Ottomans against rival claimant - allows Turks to occupy Gallipoli

                                Conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars in Aquarius - thought to be astral cause of Black Death (3/24)

                                Jacob van Artevelde -         (Flanders)                                              Governor

                                Louis II de Male +                (Flanders)                                              Count

1346                        The Three Marys in front of the Sepulchre (Ferrer Bassa)   Pedralbes Monastery

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Battle of Crecy - Edward III of England invades France and defeats a larger army under Philp VI (8/26)

                                Battle of Neville's Cross - English defeat and capture David II of Scotland (10/7)

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                                Scotland invades England vis a vis Auld Alliance with France

                                Coronation of Stephen Dusan as Czar of Serbia

                                Louis IV Wittelsbach -        (Holy Roman Empire)                          (1314-)    Emperor (of Bavaria) (1347)

                                Charles IV Luxemburg +      (Holy Roman Empire)                          (-1378)    Emperor (1347)

                                John the Blind -                    (Bohemia)                                              Luxemburg Dynasty

                                Charles +                               (Bohemia)                                              Luxemburg Dynasty

                                Stephen Dushan +               (Serbia/Greece)                                     Emperor (King of the Serbs)

1347                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                English capture Calais

                                Cola di Rienzo’s revolt against papal rule in Rome - assumes power as "tribune" - soon is driven from office

                                Emperor Charles IV becomes king of Bohemia

                                Black Death (bubonic plague) reaches Cyprus from eastern Asia

                                Bahmani Sultanate founded at Gulbarga

                                John V -                                 (Byzantine Empire)                               (1341-)   

                                John VI Cantacuzene +       (Byzantine Empire)                               (-1355)

                                Ala ud din Bahman +           (Bahmani Dynasty)                              (-1358)    Shah

1348                        Triumph of Death (Di Cione)

                                University of Prague

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Black Death ravages Europe

                                Black Death reaches England

                                Black Death persecutions - beginning of ghettoization in Germany

                                Edward III establishes Order of the Garter

1349                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Persecution of Jews in Germany

                                Juana II -                                (Navarre)                                               (1328-)

                                Charles II +                            (Navarre)                                               (1349-1387)            the Bad

                                William of Occam                                                 1280-1349

1350                        Dwelling in the Fu-Ch'un Mountains (Huang Kung-Wang)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                T'ai kingdom of Ayut'ia founded (Siam)

                                Philip VI Valois -                   (France)                                                 (1328-)    King

                                John II +                                (France)                                                 (-1364)    King

                                Alfonso XI -                          (Castile)                                                 (1312-)   

                                Pedro I +                                (Castile)                                                 (-1369)    King (the Cruel)

                                D’ailly, Pierre                                                                        1350-1420

1351                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                English remove the pope's power to give English benefices to foreigners

                                Black Death sweeps Russia

                                Muhammad bin Tughluq -  (Tughlaq Dynasty)                              (1325-)

                                Firuz Shah Tughluq +          (Tughlaq Dynasty)                             

                                de Muris, Jean                                                                      1290-1351                               Musician

1352                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Ibn Battuta travels from Morocco to Mali writes eyewitness account of the Kingdom (-1354)

                                Basarab I -                             (Walachia)                                             Grand Voivoide and Prince

                                Nicholas Alexander +          (Walachia)                                             Prince

                                Clement VI -                          (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (1342-1352)      4th Avignon Pope

                                Innocent VI +                         (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (1352-1362)      5th Avignon Pope

1353                        Decameron (Boccacio)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Statute of Praemunire - English Parliament forbids appeals to the Pope

                                Black Death

                                Simeon -                                (Russia)                                                 Grand Duke of Moscow

                                Ivan II +                                 (Russia)                                                 Grand Duke of Moscow

1354                        Alhambra construction ends (1353)

                                BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS ...   (680-1355)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Cola de Rienzi returns to power in Rome and is killed by his opponents

                                Youcef I -                               (Granada)

                                Mahommed V +                    (Granada)

                                Mooseberg Gradual

                                Cola                                                                                        1313-1354

1355                        BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN WARS -   (680-1355)         

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Keratsa of Bulgaria offered in marriage to Andronikos IV Palaiologos future Byzantine Emperor (9/17)

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                                Treaty between Bulgaria and Byzantine Empire -  ends long series of Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars

                                John VI Cantacuzene -        (Byzantine Empire)                               (1347-)

                                Magnus VII -                        (Norway)

                                Haakon VI +                          (Norway)

                                Chrysoloras, Manuel                                                           1355-1415               Teacher/Writer (Greece)

                                Plethon, Georgius Gemistus                                               1355-1450               Philosopher (Byzantium)

1356                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE ...   (1332-1357)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Edward Baillol surrenders title of King of Scotland to Edward III

                                Battle of Poitiers - Edward the Black Prince, s. Edward III, defeats the French and captures King John II (9/19)

                                Basel Earthquake - destroys city of Basel in Switzerland (10/18)

                                Golden Bull of Charles IV- permanently establishes seven electors in HRE (12/25)

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                                Golden Bull - Archbishoprics of Mainz, Trier, Cologne

                                Golden Bull - King of Bohemia, count palatine of the Rhine, duke of Saxony, margrave of Brandenburg

                                Independent sovereignties control Netherlands (Holland) (-1435)

                                Eric XII +                               (Sweden)                                               House of Folkung

1357                        SECOND WAR OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE -  (1332-1357)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Treaty of Berwick - between Edward III of ngland and David II of Scotland - ends 2nd War of Scottish Ind. (10)

                                Scots ramsom David II from the English

                                French Estates-General - led by the merchant Etienne Marcel - attempts a series of reforms

                                Alfonso IV -                          (Portugal)                                              House of Burgundy

                                Pedro I +                                (Portugal)                                              House of Burgundy

                                Tsongkhapa                                                                          1357-1419               Founder of Geluk Tibetan Buddhism

1358                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Jacquerie - revolt by French peasants - suppressed by the Regent Charles, son of John II

                                Albert II -                               (Austria)                                                Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Rudolf +                                 (Austria)                                                Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Albert III +                            (Austria)                                                Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Ala ud din Bahman -            (Bahmani Dynasty)                              (1347-)    Shah

                                Muhammad Shah I +           (Bahmani Dynasty)                              (1358-1388)

                                Buridan, Jean                                                                        1330-1358               Philosopher (Bethune, France)         

1359                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Many provisions of the Second Treaty of London are rescinded (5/25)

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                                Berlin joins the Hanseatic League

                                Second Teaty of London - French to give up many western territories

                                Mahommed V -                      (Granada)

                                Ismail II +                               (Granada)

                                Ivan II -                                    (Russia)                                                 Grand Duke of Moscow

                                Demetrius Donski +             (Russia)                                                 Grand Duke of Moscow

                                *Orkhan I -                            (Ottoman Empire)                                 (1326-1359)            Sultan

                                *Murad I +                              (Ottoman Empire)                                 (1359-1389)            Sultan

                                Eric XII -                                  (Sweden)                                               House of Folkung

1360                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Treaty of Bretigny - ends first stage of Hundred Years' War - low point of French fortune (5/8)

                                Treaty of Bretigny - Edward III gives up his claim to the French throne

                                Sulaiman -                              (Mali)                                                     King

                                Robertsbridge Codex                                           contains earliest surviving written keyboard music

                                Messe de Notre Dame                                         Guillaume Machaut

1361                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Ottoman capital moved to Edrine

                                Ismail II -                                (Granada)

                                Abou-Said +-                        (Granada)

                                Mahommed V +                    (Granada)                                               rethroned

                                de Vitry, Philippe                                                                  1291-1361                               Musician

                                Tauler, Johannes                                                                  1300-1361

1362                        The Vision of Piers Plowman (William Langland)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Grote Mandrenke - gale slams England , Netherlands N. Germany and Schleswig (1/16)

                                Innocent VI -                          (Patriarchate of Rome)                      (1352-1362)      5th Avignon Pope

                                Urban V +                                (Patriarchate of Rome)                     (1362-1370)      6th Avignon Pope           200th Pope

1363                        Chirurgia magna (Guy de Chauliac)                 medical reference

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION ...   (1341-1364)                         Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) begins conquest of Asia

                                Philip the Bold +                   (Burgundy)                                           Duke (son of John II)

                                Tosto che ll’alba                                                  Gherardello da Firenze

                                Gerson, John                                                                         1363-1429

1364                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                BRETON WAR OF SUCCESSION -   (1341-1364)                           Houses of Blois vs. House of Montfort

                                Battle of Auray - English (pro-Montfort) forces  defeat French (pro-Blois) - Breton War ends (9/29)

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                                John II King of France, dies in London in captivity

                                Edward Baillol , pretender to the Scottish throne dies

                                Haakon VI ...                         (Norway)(Sweden)                               (1343-1380)(1362-1364)        King

                                Magnus IV Eriksson -         (Sweden)                                               (1319-1364)            House of Folkung

                                Albert von Mecklenberg ... (Sweden)                                               (1363-1389)            King

                                David II ...                              (Scotland)                                              (1329-1371)            King (H. Bruce)

                                Edward III ...                          (England)                                               (1327-1377)            King (the Black Prince)

                                John II -                                  (France)                                               (1350-1364)            King

                                Charles V le Sage +             (France)                                              (1364-1380)            King (the Wise)

                                Philip II ...                              (Burgundy)                                           (1363-1404)            Duke (f. 2nd & last ducal house)

                                Charles II ...                           (Navarre)                                               (1349-1387)            the Bad

                                Pedro I ...                               (Castile)                                                 (1350-1369)            the Cruel

                                Charles IV Luxemburg ...     (HRE)                                                     (1346-1378)            Emperor (Palaiologan Dynasty)

                                Urban V ...                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                         (1362-1370)            Guillaume Grimoard

                                Nicholas Alexander -           (Walachia)                                             Prince

                                Vladislav Vlaicu +                (Walachia)                                             Prince

                                John V ...                                (Byzantine Empire)                               (1341-1376)1          Emperor (Palaiologan Dynasty)

                                Murad I ...                              (Ottoman Empire)                                  (1359-1389)            Sultan

                                Firuz Shah Tughluq ...         (Sultanate of Delhi)                              (1357-1388)            Tughlaq Dynasty

                                ????????                                (Chutiya Kingdom)                              (????-????)            King

                                Sukhrampha -                        (Ahom Kingdom)                                  (1331-1364)            King

                                Interregnum +                       (Ahom Kingdom)                                 (1364-1369)           

                                Indra Narayan ...                   (Kamata Kingdom)                               (1350-1365)            King (Khen Dynasty)

                                ??????????                            (Kachari Kingdom)                              (????-????)            King

                                Muhammad Shah I ...           (Bahmani Sultanate)                            (1358-1388)            2nd Sultan

                                Bukka Raya I ...                     (Vijayanagara Empire)                         (1356-1377)            2nd Emperor (Sangama Dyn.)

                                Thadominbya +                    (Ava Kingdom)                                    (1364-????)            Founder of Dynasty

                                Ukhaatu Khan ...                  (Yuan China)                                         (1332-1368)            15th Grand Khan

                                Gongmin ...                            (Goryeo Kingdom)                               (1351-1374)            King

                                Yoshiakira ...                         (Ashikaga Shogunate)                        (1358-1367)            2nd Shogun

                                Go-Murakami ...                    (Muromachi Japan)                              (1339-1368)            97th Emperor

                               *Ramathibodi I ...                  (Ayutthaya Kingdom)                         (1351-1369)            1st King (Founder)

                                Lithai ...                                  (Sukhothai Kingdom)                          (1346-1374)            4th (5th) King Thammaracha I

                                Che Bong-Nga ...                  (Champa Kingdom)                              (1360-1390)

                                Adityawarman ...                  (Minangkabau Dynasty)                    (1347-1374)            (s. Hayam Wuruk)

                                Hayam Wuruk ...                  (Majapahit Kingdom)                          (1350-1389)            4th King

                                Gaja Mada -                           (Majapahit)                                           (????-1364)            Prime Minister (mapatih)

1365                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Ottoman Empire shifts capital to Andrianople in Thrace

                                Albert of Mecklenburg +    (Sweden)                                               House of Folkung

                                Rudolf -                                  (Austria)                                                Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Leopold III +                         (Austria)                                                co-regent (Hapsburg)

                                Ivan III Shishman +             (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Bogdan -                                (Moldavia)                                            Prince (the founder)

                                Latcu +                                   (Moldavia)                                            Prince

                                Pizan, Christine de                                                               1365-1430

1366                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                War continues between Vijayanagar Empire and Bahmani Sultanate

                                Henry II deposes his half-brother Pedro of Castile to become King of Castile

                                Abu Zayyan, Sultan of the Marinid Empire in Morocco is assassinated -  Abu Faris Abdul Aziz succeeds

                                Suso, Heinrich                                                                      1300-1366

1367                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Confederation of Cologne - seventy-seven Hanse towns prepare for struggle with Denmark

                                Pedro I -                                 (Portugal)                                              House of Burgundy

                                Ferdinand I +                        (Portugal)                                              House of Burgundy

1368                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                YUAN -

                                MING + (-1644)

                                Chu Yuan-chang leads rebellion that overthrows Yuan (Mongol) rule in China

                                Yuan dynasty ends; Ming dynasty begins

                                Taizu +                                   (Ming China)                                        (-1399)    1st

                                Chauliac, Guy de                                                                  1300-1368               (7/25)      Surgeon (Auvergne, France)

1369                        The Book of the Duchess (Geoffrey Chaucer)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Second stage of Hundred Years' War begins

                                Journey of John V Paleologus to the West

                                Ottomans defeat crusader/Hungarian army at Nikopolis

                                Tamerlane becomes king of Samarkand

                                Pedro I -                                 (Castile)                                                 (1350-1369)            the Cruel

                                Henry II +                              (Castile)

                                Tamerlane +                          (Samarkand)                                          King

                                Hus, Jan                                                                                 1369-1415

1370                        The Three Towers Reliquary - Aachen Cathedral Treasury

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Edward the Black Prince sacks Limoges

                                Peace of Stralsund - establishes power of Hanse towns with right to veto Danish kings

                                Battle of El Sotillo - Spanish vs. Moors

                                Ottomans defeat Serbs on the Marica

                                Casimir III the Great -           (Poland)                                                 First king of Poland

                                Louis of Hungary +                (Poland)                                                 Angevin Dynasty

                                Urban V -                                 (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1362-1370)      6th Avignon Pope                       200th Pope

                                Gregory XI +                          (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1370-1378)      7th and last Avignon Pope        201st Pope

                                Ciconia, Johannes                                                                1370-1412               Musician

                                van Eyck, Hubert                                                                 1370-1426

                                Jerome of Prague                                                                  1370-1416

                                Power, Leonel                                                                       1370-1445               Musician

                                Rublev, Andrei                                                                     1370-1430               Painter (Russia)

1371                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Battle of the Marica - Ottomans defeat the Serbs (9/26)

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                                Robert II becomes first Stuart monarch in Scotland

                                David II -                               (Scotland)

                                Robert II +                             (Scotland)                                              King (Stuart) (son of Robert the Bruce)

                                Ivan I Alexander -                (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

                                Frederick I Hohenzollern                                                     1371-1440               Elector (Brandenburg)

1372                        The Jung-hsi Studio (Ni Tsan - one of the "Four Masters of the late Yuan)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                French troops recapture Poitou and Britanny

                                Battle of La Rochelle - French regain control of English Channel

                                Codex Engelberg 314                                           Swiss Monastery

1373                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                John of Gaunt - Duke of Lancaster - son of Edward III - leads new English invasion of France

                                Bridget of Sweden                                                               1303-1373

1374                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                John of Gaunt returns to England and takes charge of the government

                                Edward III in his dotage

                                Edward the Black Prince falls ill

                                Latcu -                                    (Moldavia)                                            Prince

                                Petru Musat +                       (Moldavia)                                            Prince

                                Bruni, Leonardo                                                                   1374-1444

                                Petrarch, Francesco                                                             1304-1374

1375                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Coluccio Salutati appointed chancellor of the Florentine Republic

                                Gao city state secedes from Mali Empire - seed of future Songhay Empire

                                Valdemar IV -                        (Denmark)                                              Atterdag

                                Olaf II +                                  (Denmark)

                                Muhammad Shah I -            (Bahmani Dynasty)

                                Ala ud din Mujahid +          (Bahmani Dynasty)                              Shah

                                Campin, Robert                                                                     1375-1444

                                Boccaccio, Giovanni                                                            1313-1375

1376                        Civil Dominion (John Wycliffe)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Edward the Black Prince dies (6/8)

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                                The Good Parliament in England - called by Edward the Black Prince? (or III?) - introduces many reforms

                                John Wycliffe translates the Bible

                                John Wycliff - an Oxford don - calls for Church reforms in his Civil Dominion

                                John V -                                 (Byzantine Empire)                               (????-1376)

                                Andronicus IV +                  (Byzantine Empire)

                                Edward Plantagenet (the Black Prince)                             1330-1376

1377                        Martyrdom of St. George (Altichiero da Verona)

                                Tomb of Edward the Black Prince (Cantebury Cathedral) (1377-1380)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Babylonian Captivity Ends - Pope Gregory XI returns to Rome from Avignon

                                Edward III -                           (England)                                               (1327-1377)            King (the Black Prince)

                                Richard II +                           (England)                                               (1377-1399)            King (s. Edward III)

                                Vladislav Vlaicu -                 (Walachia)                                             Prince

                                Guillaume Machaut dies -a lull until Dufay's activity (c.1420)

                                Brunelleschi, Filippo                                                            1377-1446

                                Edward III Plantagenet                                                        1312-1377               King of England

                                Machaut, Guillaume                                                             1300-1377               Composer

1378                        Head of Abel (Theophanes the Greek)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                “Babylonian Captivity”  ends;

                                Great Schism begins - rival popes elected

                                Charles IV Luxemburg -       (Holy Roman Empire)                          (1346-1378)            Emperor (1347)

                                Wenceslaus Luxemburg +  (Holy Roman Empire)                          (-1400)    Emperor

                                Charles -                                (Bohemia)                                              Luxemburg Dynasty

                                Wenceslaus IV +                  (Bohemia)                                              Luxemburg Dynasty

                                Ala ud din Mujahid -           (Bahmani Dynasty)                              Shah

                                Daud Shah +-                        (Bahmani Dynasty)             

                                Muhammad Shah II +          (Bahmani Dynasty)             

                                Ars Subtilior in Avignon musical community - influences techniques of the Renaissance

                                Gregory XI -                          (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1370-1378)      7th and last Avignon Pope        201st Pope

                                Urban VI +                             (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1378-1389)                                                              202nd Pope                                        

                                Clement VII (antipope) +     (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1378-1394)   aka Robert of Geneva                          Avignon

                                Ghiberti, Lorenzo                                                                  1378-1455                               Sculptor (Florence)

1379                        Grabow Altarpiece (Bertram of Minden)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                House of Albert in Austria

                                Tamerlane ravages Persia, Iraq and Syria (-1401)

                                Andronicus IV  -                  (Byzantine Empire)

                                John V +                                (Byzantine Empire)

                                Henry II -                               (Castile)

                                John I +                                  (Castile)

                                Leopold III -                          (Austria)                                                co-regent (Hapsburg)

                                Albert III +                            (Austria)                                                Duke (House of Albert)

                                Leopold III +                         (Austria)                                                (-1386)    Duke House of Leopold

1380                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Battle of Kulikovo - Russians under Dimitri Donskoi defeats the Golden Horde Mongols (9/8)

                                Charles V le Sage -               (France)                                                 (1364-)    King (the Wise)

                                Charles VI le Fou +              (France)                                                 (-1422)    King (the Mad)

                                Haakon VI -                           (Norway)

                                Olaf IV +                                (Norway)

                                Olaf IV+                                 (Denmark)             

                                Albo, Joseph                                                                        1380-1444

                                Kempis, Thomas a                                                               1380-1471

1381                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                Richard II meets the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt (6/14)

                                Peasants' Revolt in England              

1382                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                John Wyclif is expelled from Oxford because of his opposition to Church doctrines

                                Scots with a French army attack England

                                John I founds Avis Dynasty in Portugal

                                Louis the Great -                   (Hungary)                                              King 

                                Mary +                                   (Hungary)                                              Queen

                                Louis of Hungary -              (Poland)                                                 Angevin Dynasty

1383                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                1383-1385 CRISIS +                                                                              Portuguese cicil war over succession

                                Richard II King of England marries Anne of Bohemia (1/22)

                                Fernando I of Portugal dies - leaves no male heirs (10/22)

                                Hedwig +                               (Poland)                                                 Angevin Dynasty (Jadwiga)

                                Ferdinand I -                         (Portugal)                                              House of Burgundy

1384                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                1383-1385 CRISIS ...            Portuguese cicil war over succession

                                Burgundy controls Flanders (1384-1477)

                                Louis II de Male -                     (Flanders)                                          Count

                                Margaret +                            (Flanders)                                              Countess

                                Philip the Bold +                   (Flanders)                                              Count (from Burgundy/ Son of John II France)

                                Wycliffe, John                                                                      1324-1384

1385                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                1383-1385 CRISIS -        Portuguese cicil war over succession

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR +   (1385-1399)                              Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Edmund of Langley, Edward III's fifth son becomes 1st duke of York

                                Avis dynasty comes to power in Portugal

                                Heidelberg University chartered

                                John I +                                  (Portugal)                                              House of Aviz

                                Gian Galeazzo Visconti +     (Milan)                                                   (1385-1402)    Duke

1386                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Battle of Sempach - Swiss soundly defeat Austrians led by Arnold von Winkelried - Leopold III killed

                                John of Gaunt leads expedition to Castile - claims in his wife's name, fails 1388

                                Jadwiga of Poland marries Jagiello of Lithuania - Poland and Lithuania unite

                                Leopold III -                          (Austria)                                                (1379-)    Duke House of Leopold

                                William +                               (Austria)                                                Duke House of Leopold

                                Leopold IV +                         (Austria)                                                Duke House of Leopold

                                Ladislaus II +                        (Poland)                                                 Jagiellon Dynasty

                                Mircea the Old +                  (Walachia)                                             Prince

                                Petru Aaron +                       (Walachia)                                             Prince

                                Ambrose the Camaldulian                                                  1386-1439

                                Donatello, Donato de’Bardi detto                                     1386-1466                               Artist

1387                        Cantebury Tales     (Chaucer) begun  (1386-1387)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Galicia absorbed by Poland

                                Lords Appellant launch their armed rebellion against Richard II and his court

                                Olaf II -                                   (Denmark)

                                Margrethe I +                        (Denmark)

                                Olaf IV -                                  (Norway)

                                Margrethe I +                        (Norway)

                                Charles II -                             (Navarre)                                               (1349-)    the Bad

                                Charles III +                          (Navarre)                                               the Noble

                                Pedro IV +                             (Aragon)                                                the Ceremonious

                                John I +                                  (Aragon)

                                Mary -                                    (Hungary)                                              Queen

                                Sigisimund +                         (Hungary)                                              King

                                Angelico, Fra                                                                        1387-1455

1388                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)      

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Battle of Otterburn - Scottish forces defeat English in recently continuecd border war (8/19)

                                Firuz Shah Tughluq -           (Tughlaq Dynasty)                              (1357-1388)

                                Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq II +                (Tughlaq Dynasty)

                                Biondo, Flavio                                                                      1388-1463               Renaissance thinker

1389                        Reliquary of the Holy Thorn (1389-1407)   British Museum

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                First Battle of Kosovo - Ottoman victory (6/28)

                                Truce halts fighting between England, French and Scots

                                Richard II - aged 22 - assumes power in England

                                Various families rule in Sweden (-1521)

                                Eric III of Pomerania +         (Norway)

                                Albert of Mecklenburg -     (Sweden)                                               House of Folkung

                                Margrethe +                          (Sweden)                                               House of Folkung

                                Robert II -                              (Scotland)                                              King

                                Robert III +                            (Scotland)                                              King

                                Demetrius Donski -              (Russia)                                                Grand Duke of Moscow

                                Basil I +                                  (Russia)                                                Grand Duke of Moscow

                                Murad I -                                 (Ottoman Empire)                                (1359-1389)    Sultan

                                Bayezid +                               (Ottoman Empire)                                 (1389-1402)    Sultan (Bajazet) (Lightning)

                                Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq II -  (Tughlaq Dynasty)

                                Abu Bakr +                            (Tughlaq Dynasty)

                                Urban VI -                              (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1378-1389)             202nd Pope      1st Pope of Western Schism

                                Boniface IX+                           (Patriarchate of Rome)                        (1389-1404)           203rd Pope       2nd Pope of Western Schism    

1390                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Turks conquer all of Asia Minor

                                John VII +-                            ???

                                John I -                                   (Castile)

                                Henry III +                             (Castile)

                                Abu Bakr -                             (Tughlaq Dynasty)

                                Nasir ud din Muhammad + (Tughlaq Dynasty)

                                Dunstable, John                                                                   1390-1453              Musician

                                Van Eyck, Jan                                                                       1390-1441               Painter

                                Hafiz                                                                                       ????-1390               Poet (Persia)

1391                        Portal of Chartreuse of Champmol (Claus Sluter) (1391-1397)

                                Retable of Saints and Martyrs (De Baerze / Broederlam)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Pogroms in Spain - Marranism begins

                                Petru Musat -                        (Moldavia)                                            Prince

                                Roman I +                              (Moldavia)                                            Prince

                                John V -                                 (Byzantine Empire)

                                Manuel II +                           (Byzantine Empire)

                                Mahommed V -                     (Granada)                                               rethroned

                                Youcef II +                            (Granada)

1392                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Charles VI grants duchy of Orleans to his brother Louis duc d'Orleans

                                Charles VI of France becomes insane

                                Yi Dynasty in Korea (1392-1910)

                                Ashikaga Shogunate begins officially (end of fifty year civil war) - aka Muromachi Period (-1573)

                                T'aejo +                                  (Korea)                                                   (-1399) Choson Dynasty (1st)

1393                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Contract of Djakovice - peace between  Stjepan Dabisa of Bosnia and Sigisimund of Hungary

                                Ivan III Shishman -              (Bulgaria)                                               King Terter Dynasty

1394                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Richard II leads expedition to subdue Ireland (-1395)

                                Roman I -                               (Moldavia)                                            Prince

                                Stephen I +                            (Moldavia)                                            Prince

                                Nasir ud din Muhammad -  (Tughlaq Dynasty)

                                Mahmud Nasir ud din +      (Tughlaq Dynasty)                              Sultan at Delhi

                                Clement VII (antipope) -       (Patriarchate of Rome)                       (1378-1394)      at Avignon            1st antipope of  Western Schism   aka Robert of Geneva  

                                Benedict XIII (antipope) +   (Patriarchate of Rome)                       (1394-1403)      at  Avignon            2nd antipope of  Western Schism    aka Pedro de Luna   

                                Beg, Ulugh                                                                            1394-1449

                                Fortescue, John                                                                    1394-1476

                                Hawkwood, John                                                                  ????-1395

1395                        Well of Moses  (Claus Sluter) (1395-1403)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Battle of the Terek River - Timur defeats Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde (4/15)

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                                Richard II returns to England from Ireland

                                GaleazzoVisconti of Milan receives title of Duke from the Emperor Wenceslaus

                                John I -                                   (Aragon)

                                Martin I +                              (Aragon)                                                the Humane

                                Albert III -                             (Austria)                                                Duke (House of Albert)

                                Galeazzo Visconti +              (Milan)                                                   Duke

                                Bessarion, Johannes (Basilius)                                          1395-1472

                                Coeur, Jacques                                                                     1395-1456

                                Henry the Navigator                                                            1395-1460               Explorer (Portugal)

1396                        Illustration from Kwaju Kirmani (Jalairid Painting by Junayd)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Battle of Nicopolis - Ottoman Sultan Bayazid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers (9/25)

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                                Richard II marries seven year old Princess Isabella of France

                                Turkish government controls Bulgaria (-1878)

                                Failure of the Crusade of Nicopolis

                                Youcef II -                             (Granada)

                                Mahommed VI +                   (Granada)

1397                        The Golden Pavilion is built by Yoshimitsu, 3rd Ashikaga shogun

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Union of Kalmar unites Sweden, Norway, and Denmark under Eric of Pomerania

                                Eric XIII +                              (Denmark)(Norway)(Sweden)            (of Pomerania) (VII Dn)

                                Albert III -                             (Austria)                                                Duke (Hapsburg)

                                Albert IV +                            (Austria)                                                Duke House of Albert

                                Muhammad Shah II -           (Bahmani Dynasty)

                                Ghiyas ud din Tahmatan +-(Bahmani Dynasty)                              *****    Shah

                                Shams ud din Daud II +-     (Bahmani Dynasty)                              *****    Shah

                                Taj ud din Feroz Shah +      (Bahmani Dynasty)             

                                Uccello, Paolo                                                                       1397-1475

                                Gutenberg, Johann                                                              1397-1468              

                                Landini, Francesco                                                              1325-1397               Musician

1398                        HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR ...   (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Absolute rule of Richard II

                                Hohenzollernstate divides - Franconian section splits into Kulmbach and Ansbach

                                Tamerlane (Timur) captures Delhi - 100,000 prisoners massacred - end of Tughlaq Dynasty

1399                        Richard II being presented to the Virgin (Wilton Diptych)

                                HUNDRED YEAR'S WAR ...   (1337-1453)

                                TOKHTAMYSH-TIMUR WAR -  (1385-1399)                             Golden Horde vs. Timurids

                                Battle of the Vorskla River - Tatar Horde under Egidu & Temur Kutlugh destroy Lithuanian army (8/12)

                                John of Gaunt dies

                                Henry of Bolingbroke lands in Yorkshire and gains support of 60,000 - deposes Richard II

                                Journey of Manuel II Paleologus to the West (-1400)

                                Tamerlane returns home

                                Richard II -                            (England)                                               (1377-)    deposed (s. Edward the Black Prince)

                                Henry IV +                             (England)                                               King (of Bolingbroke) (s. John of Gaunt)

                                Hedwig -                                (Poland)                                                 Angevin Dynasty (Jadwiga)

                                Stephen I -                             (Moldavia)                                            Prince

                                Yaduraya +                            (Mysore)                                               Wodeyar

                                Taizu -                                    (Ming China)                                        (1368-)    1st Ming Dynasty (Hungwu Era)

                                Huizong +                              (Ming China)                                        (-1402)    2nd Ming Dynasty (Jianwen Era)

                                T'aejo -                                   (Korea)                                                   (1392-)  1st Choson Dynasty

                                Van der Weyden, Roger                                                     1399-1464               Painter

 




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