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1300

February 22
  • Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree. [1]
May 24
  • King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured. [1]

1301

January 14
  • Andreas III Arpad king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies at age 50. [1]
February 7
  • Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes first prince of Wales. [1]
(month unknown)
  • Earthquake in Cairo, Egypt, area, shakes loose the Tura limestone of the Great Pyramid. [1618.37]
December 5
  • Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee). [1]

1302

January 27
  • Dante becomes a Florentine political exile. [1]
March 11
  • Romeo and Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare. [1]
May 18
  • Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten). [1]

1303

February 8
  • Nanshu Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies. [1]
May 4
  • Flemings conquers Middelburg. [1]
May 20
  • Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War. [1]

1305

March 7
  • Gwijde van Dampierre count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at age 78. [1]
August 23
  • William Wallace is killed in Scotland. [760.38]

1306

February 10
  • Robert Bruce murders rival John Comyn in Greyfriars Kirk, in Dumfries, Scotland. [1395.9]
March 27
  • Robert the Bruce declares himself King of Scotland. [484.34] [611.32] (March 25 [1])

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1307

January 13
  • Arnoud van Foreest Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies. [1]
January 18
  • German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia. [1]
October 13
  • French King Philip moves against the Knights Templar, charging them with all forms of heresy. All Templars in France are to be placed under arrest, and all good seized. The operation had been sanctioned by the Vatican. [861.99] [1096.230] [1118.60] [1197.46]
November 18
  • William Tell shoots apple off his son's head. [1]

1308

May 1
  • Albrecht I van Habsburg German King (1298-1308), murdered. [1]
November 8
  • Death of Duns Scotus (original name: Johannes) in Cologne [Germany] (born in Scotland); Franciscan, controversial scholar, concluded that Mary had been born without sin. [1] [37]
December 21
  • Henry I the Child, first landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies. [1]

1309

May 5
  • Charles II the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies. [1]

1310

May 20
  • Shoes were made for both right and left feet. [1]

1311

April 24
  • General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India. [1]
October 16
  • Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens. [1]

1312

March 22
  • Pope Clement V suppresses the order of Templars. [1516.26]
April 3
  • Second council of Vienna. [1]
May 6
  • Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna. [1]

1313

February 15
  • Peace of Angleur. [1]
September 14
  • Death of St. Notburga von Rattenberg (born about 1265); patroness of servants and peasants. [37]

1314

March 18
  • Jacques De Molay the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies. [1]
April 20
  • Clement V [Bertrand Got] pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies. [1]
June 24
  • Battle of Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce leads Scots to regain independence from England with victory at Bannockburn. [1] [118.9] [832.27]

1315

February 13
  • Jean I of Chalon-Arlay mayor of Neuchâtel, dies. [1]
November 15
  • The Habsburgs, attempting to gain control of the Reuss Valley and the St. Gotthard Pass in Switzerland, are ambushed and defeated by Swiss peasant foot soldiers. [37]
December 9
  • Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society). [1]

1317

January 9
  • Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France. [1]
April 20
  • Agnes van Montepulciano Italian mystic/saint, dies. [1]
May 28
  • Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen bishop of Utrecht, dies at about age 63. [1]
December 30
  • Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists. [1]

1319

May 8
  • Haakon V King of Norway (1299-1319), dies. [1]

1320

January 20
  • Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland. [1]

1321

September 13
  • Dante Alighieri author of the Divine Comedy, dies. [1]

1322

January 3
  • Philip V the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies. [1]
June 24
  • Jews are expelled from France. [1]

1323

March 6
  • Treaty of Paris. [1]

1324

January 8
  • Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/Governor of Nanking, dies. [1] [5]
January 21
  • Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon. [1]
February 26
  • Dino Compagni Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies. [1]

1325

January 7
  • Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal. [1]
  • Dionysius the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies. [1]
January 16
  • Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade. [1]

1326

December 8
  • Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi. [1]

1327

January 25
  • King Edward III accedes to British throne. [1]
April 6
  • Italian poet Petrarch first sets eyes on his beloved Laura. [1]
September 21
  • Edward II, former king of England (1307-1327), is murdered at age 43. [1] [651.56]

1328

January 24
  • King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen. [1]
February 1
  • Charles IV the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies. [1]
April 30
  • Meister Johann Eckhard German theologist/mystic, dies. [1]
May 12
  • Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V. [1]
May 26
  • William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII. [1]
May 27
  • French king Philip VI Valois crowned. [1]

1329

June 7
  • Robert Bruce leader of the Scots, dies at age 53. [1]

1330

January 13
  • Frederick (III) the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies. [1]
May 11
  • Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire. [1]

1332

February 13
  • Andronicus II Paleologus Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies. [1]
August 12
  • Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle. [1]

1333

March 2
  • Wladyslaw IV the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies. [1]

1334

December 4
  • John XXII [Jacques Duèze] Pope (316-34), dies. [1]

1336

January 8
  • Giotto di Bondone Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about age 71. [1]
January 22
  • Louis III last Earl of Loon, dies. [1]
January 24
  • Alfonso IV the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at age 36. [1]
May 9
  • Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux. [1]

1337

December 22
  • Daito Kokushi leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at age 54. [1]

1338

January 3
  • Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent. [1]

1340

January 26
  • English king Edward III proclaimed king of France. [1]
March 31
  • Ivan I Kalita grand-duke of Vladimir, dies. [1]
December 1
  • Roger Northburgh is dismissed as lord high treasurer of Kingdom of Great Britain. [573.42]

1341

April 8
  • Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome. [1]

1342

April 25
  • Benedict XII [Jacques Fournier] Pope (1334-42), dies. [1]
May 3
  • Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein). [1]
June 22
  • Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning). [1]

1343

January 16
  • Robert of Anjou king (Naples), dies. [1]

1345

March 16
  • Holy spirit glides above fire; "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend). [1]
March 20
  • Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic". [1]
May 2
  • "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders and weavers. [1]

1346

January 15
  • Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand. [1]
April 13
  • Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy. [1]
April 16
  • King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece. [1]
August 26
  • English longbows defeat French in Battle of Crécy. [1]

1347

May 20
  • Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal. [1]
December 3
  • Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics. [1]

1348

January 25
  • In Carinthia (Austria - northern Italy), "fire fell from heaven", an earthquake destroys 16 cities, killing over 40,000. [1] [53] [521]
April 6
  • Petrarch's Laura dies of plague. [1]
April 7
  • Prague University, first university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV. [1]
April 23
  • First English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter). [1]
September 21
  • The Jews of Zürich, Switzerland are accused of poisoning the wells. [1] [37]

1349

January 5
  • Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V Earl of Holland/Zealand. [1]
January 9
  • 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses. [1]
January 30
  • Günther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king. [1]
  • Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred. [1]
February 13
  • Jews are expelled from Burgsordf Switzerland. [1]
February 14
  • 2,000 Jews burned at the stake in Strasbourg France. [1]
February 16
  • Jews are expelled from Burgsdorf Switzerland. [1]
February 22
  • Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland. [1]
March 21
  • 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany. [1]
March 22
  • Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death). [1]
April 30
  • Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated. [1]
May 28
  • 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia. [1]
September 10
  • Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death. [1]
September 29
  • People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning the wells. [1]
October 25
  • Bones of Saint Thomas Cantilupe (bishop of Hereford 1275-1282) are re-interred in shrine at east end of Hereford Cathedral, England. [1321.11]
December 5
  • 500 Jews are massacred at Nüremberg in Black death riots. [1]

1350

March 12
  • Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples. [1]
March 26
  • Alfonso XI King of Castile and León, dies. [1]

1351

March 20
  • Mohammed ibn-Tughluq sultan of Delhi India, dies. [1]

1352

January 6
  • French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star. [1]
December 6
  • Clement VI [Pierre Roger] Pope (1342-52), dies. [1]
December 18
  • Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI. [1]

1354

December 7
  • Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty. [1]

1355

April 22
  • Eleonora Plantagenet daughter of King Edward II, dies at age 36. [1]
May 7
  • 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara. [1]
December 5
  • Jan III duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies. [1]
December 20
  • Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies. [1]

1356

January 10
  • German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree. [1]
January 20
  • Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns. [1]
January 23
  • Margaretha of Bavaria Empress of Germany, dies. [1]
September 19
  • During the Battle of Poitiers, King John II the Good of France is captured by the English and taken to London. [1] [568.208]

1357

January 4
  • Flemish Earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty. [1]
May 28
  • Afonso IV King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at age 66. [1]
November 25
  • Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace. [1]

1358

February 25
  • Dalmatië flees Venice. [1]
May 28
  • Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising. [1]

1360

March 15
  • France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel. [1]
May 8
  • Treaty of Brétigny signed by English and French. [1]
July 25
  • Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia. [1]
December 5
  • In Compiègne, King Jean II the Good of France signs a decree creating the franc gold coin to pay a ransom of 200,000 livres for his release from England. [547.38] [568.208]

1362

April 6
  • Jacques de Bourbon count of Marche, killed in battle. [1]
  • Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France. [1]
April 10
  • Machteld countess of Holland, dies. [1]

1364

April 8
  • King Jean II the Good of France dies in prison in England at age 44. [1] [568.208]
April 24
  • Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht. [1]
May 12
  • Polish King Casimir III issues charter for Poland's Jagiellorian University. [1397.18]
May 13
  • Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven. [1]
September 29
  • Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany. [1]

1365

January 10
  • Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV assigns gold and silver mines and rights of coinage to princes and electors of the empire. [470.32]
March 12
  • University of Vienna founded. [1]

1366

January 25
  • Death of Heinrich Seuse (original name Heinrich von Berg) in Ulm [Germany]; outstanding mystic. [37]
June 12
  • Children at Touvres, France, discover a hoard of about 4 million coins. [434.46]

1367

January 18
  • Pedro I king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at age 46. [1]
April 13
  • Battle at Nájera Spain Castilië and England beat Aragón and France. [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Henry to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and Duchess Blanche, at Bolingbroke Castle, England. [1395.2]

1369

March 23
  • Pedro the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered. [1]
(month unknown)
  • Chinese record the fall of a "large star" in Ho-t-ao, injuring several soldiers. [521]

1370

February 17
  • Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania. [1]
April 22
  • Bastille begins being built in Paris France. [1]
May 22
  • Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium. [1]
May 24
  • Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV. [1]
December 19
  • Urban V [Guillaume de Grimoard] first Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies. [1]

1371

January 22
  • King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned. [1]
February 22
  • David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331-71), dies at age 46. [1]
December 4
  • Reinald III the Fat Duke, Duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at age 38. [1]
  • Stefanus X Uros V King of Serbia (1355-71), dies. [1]

1373

June 13
  • Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed. [1]

1374

January 6
  • Andreas Corsini Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies. [1]
July 18
  • Francesco Petrarch Italian poet, dies at age 69. [1]
December 1
  • Magnus Eriksson king of Norway/Sweden, dies. [1]

1375

August 2
  • First roller skating rink opens (London). [1]
December 21
  • Giovanni Boccaccio Italian poet (Vita di Dante, Decameron), dies. [1]

1376

April 3
  • Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France. [1]
April 28
  • English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay. [1]

1377

February 3
  • Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term. [1]
  • Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy. [1]
July 19
  • Thomas Brantingham begins second term as lord high treasurer of the kingdom of Great Britain. [458.40]

1378

March 27
  • Gregory XI [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies. [1]
April 8
  • Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI. [1]
November 29
  • Death of Karl IV (King Wenceslas) in Prague, Bohemia; German King, Holy Roman emperor, established the University of Prague. [37]

1379

March 24
  • End of Gelderse war victory. [1]

1380

September 8
  • Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars. [1]

1381

May 30
  • English boer uprising begins in Essex. [1]
June 15
  • Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London. [1]

1382

March 1
  • French Maillotin uprises against taxes. [1]
March 15
  • Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy. [1]
May 3
  • Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge. [1]
May 5
  • Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army. [1]
September
  • Mongol Khan Tokhtamysh attacks city of Moscow. [1207.16]
November 27
  • French army under Olivier de Clisson defeats rebellious citizens of Ghent at the battle of Roosebeke. The French commander Philip von Arteveldt is killed in the battle. [1427.10]

1385

April 12
  • Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stout's daughter Margaretha (10). [1]
May 18
  • Peace of Doornik: Gent and Louis van Thoughts. [1]
August 14
  • Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence. [1]

1386

February 15
  • Duke Philip the Stout forms Council of Flanders. [1]
May 9
  • Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England. [1]

1387

January 1
  • Karel de Boze king of Navarra (1349-87), dies. [1]
January 5
  • Pedro IV king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at age 67. [1]

1388

April 9
  • Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army. [1]

1389

February 24
  • Battle at Falköping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden. [1]
March 31
  • Everhard Tserclaes sheriff of Brussels, murdered. [1]
June 15
  • Battle of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs, Bosnians. [1]

1390

January 12
  • Peter van Herenthals Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at age 67. [1]
April 19
  • Robert II King of Scotland, dies. [1]
May 13
  • Robert II the Steward King of Scotland (1371-90), dies. [1]

1391

February 16
  • Johannes V Palaeologus Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies. [1]
March 15
  • Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews. [1]

1393

January 28
  • Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, four die (Ball of the Ardents). [1]
  • Earl of Joigny burned at royal ball. [1]
January 30
  • Aimery Poitiers French nobleman, burned at royal ball. [1]
  • Yvain son of Earl of Foix, burned at royal ball. [1]

1394

May 1
  • Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and its surroundings from an old badger. [1]
September 17
  • Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI. [1]
November 3
  • Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI. [1]

1396

April 30
  • Crusaders and earl of Nevers depart from Dijon. [1]

1397

February 18
  • Enguerrand VII French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at age 56. [1]
April 17
  • Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. [5]
June 17
  • On Trinity Sunday in Midsummer in Kalmar, at a coronation ceremony, Erik of Pomerania is crowned King of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Members of the three kingdoms meet for four weeks to discuss future relations. [7]
July 13
  • Two documents are produced at Kalmar by members of the three Scandinavian kingdoms, one announcing the king's coronation, the other declaring a union of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden with a common king, but separate laws for each realm. [7]

1399

February 3
  • John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and León, dies at age 58. [1]
September 30
  • King Richard II of England is deposed. [1395.24]
October 13
  • Henry of Bolingbroke is crowned King Henry IV of England. [1395.24]

1400

February 14
  • Richard II British King (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle. [1]
March 24
  • Florens Radewijns Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies. [1]
October 25
  • Geofrey Chaucer author, dies in London. [1]

1401

February 19
  • William Sawtree first English religious martyr, burned in London. [1]

End of 1300-1401. Next: 1402.

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