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| | PH : | Louis IV dies; Charles IV of Luxembourg succeeds him as emperor
| | DL : | Black Death devastates Europe
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| | PH : | Edward III founds the Order of the Garter
| | ED : | Prague University founded by Charles IV
| | ED : | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, founded
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| | DL : | Black Death kills a third of population of England
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| | PH : | Philip VI of France dies; succeeded by John II
| | PH : | Treaty of Bautzen: Charles IV cedes Brandenburg and Tirol to the Wittelsbachs
| | M : | Cambrai, instead of Paris, becomes centre of French music
| | M : | Lute playing popular in Europe
| | M : | Mastersinger movement in Germany
| | DL : | The Shogun of Japan prohibits the drinking of tea
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| | M : | Jean de Muris dies | | PH : | Zurich joins Swiss League
| | PH : | Firoz Shah, Sultan of Delhi
| | PH : | Leopold III, Duke of Austria
| | DL : | Tennis becomes an open-air game in England
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| | PH : | Glarus and Zug join Swiss League
| | RP : | Pope Innocent VI
| | ED : | Corpus Christi College, Oxford, founded
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| | PH : | Bern joins Swiss League
| | PH : | Rupert I elector palatine
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| | ST : | The mechanical clock at Strasbourg Cathedral
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| | PH : | Charles IV of Luxembourg crowned emperor at Rome
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| | PH : | Charles IV issues "Golden Bull", settling election of Ger. kings
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| | PH : | Revolution in Paris against the Dauphin, led by Marcel and Robert le Coq
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| | PH : | Treaty of London restores Fr. possessions once held by Henry II of England to Eng. crown
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| | PH : | Treaty of Calais between Edward III and Philip of Burgundy
| | M : | Beginnings of the development of the clavichord and cembalo
| | DL : | The first francs coined in France
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| | DL : | Black Death reappears in England
| | M : | Philippe de Vitry dies 9 June |
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| | PH : | Dmitri IV Donskoi, Grand Duke of Moscow
| | RP : | Pope Urban V
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| | PH : | Timur the Lame (Tamerlaine) begins conquest of Asia
| | ST : | Guy de Chauliac: Chirugia magna (on surgery in the Middle Ages) |
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| | PH : | John II of France dies; succeeded by Charles V
| | PH : | Revolts in Crete against Venetian rule
| | M : | Guillaume de Machaut: La Messe Notre Dame |
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| | PH : | Charles V crowned King of Burgundy at Arles
| | PH : | Leopold III, Duke of Austria
| | ED : | Founding of Vienna University
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| | PH : | Adrianople made Turkish capital
| | PH : | English Parliament refuses to pay feudal dues to the pope
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| | PH : | Mongol Yüan dynasty in China overthrown by national Ming dynasty
| | PH : | Timur ascends throne of Samarkand
| | PH : | Restoration of the Great Wall of China
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| | PH : | Casimir III of Poland, last of the House of Piasts dies; Louis of Hungary elected king
| | RP : | Pope Gregory XI
| | DL : | Steel crossbow used as weapon of war
| | VA : | Approximate date of birth of the Limbourg Brothers |
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| | PH : | Robert II, King of Scots: accession of the House of Stewart
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| | RP : | Oxford becomes the spiritual centre of England
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| | DL : | Tunnage and poundage imposed on merchants in England
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| | PH : | Truce of Bruges between England and France
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| | PH : | The Black Prince dies
| | PH : | Wenceslas, son of Charles IV, crowned King of the Romans
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| | PH : | Edward III dies; succeeded by his grandson Richard II
GO ! | | RP : | Pope Gregory XI returns to Rome; end of the Church's "Babylonian Captivity"
| | M : | The musicians of the papal chapel, Avignon, return with the court; beginnings of Rome as the centre of music
| | DL : | Playing cards displace dice in Germany
| | M : | Guillaume de Machaut dies 13 April |
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| | PH : | Renewal of Anglo-Fr. war
| | PH : | Charles IV of Luxembourg dies; succeeded by Wenceslas IV
| | RP : | The Great Schism begins: after the death of Pope Gregory XI, two popes elected; Urban VI at Rome, Clement VII at Avignon
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| | PH : | Treaty of Neuberg: Albert III and Leopold III divide Hapsburg territories between them
| | ED : | William of Wykeham founds New College, Oxford
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| | PH : | Charles V of France dies; succeeded by Charles VI, the Mad
| | VA : | Robert Campin, artist, born |
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| | PH : | Anglo-Fr. truce for six years
| | PH : | Peasants' Revolt in England under Wat Tyler
| | PH : | Venice wins the "hundred years war" against Genoa |
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| | PH : | Anglo-Scot. war renewed
| | PH : | Jadviga, daughter of King Louis I, crowned "king" of Poland
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| | PH : | Anglo-Fr. war renewed
| | DL : | The first Fr. court ball at the wedding of Charles VI and Isabella of Bavaria
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| | PH : | Leopold III of Austria defeated and killed by the Swiss and Sempach
| | PH : | Grand Prince Jagiello of Lithuania marries Jadviga and becomes Vladislav II, King of Poland
| | ED : | Heidelberg University
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| | PH : | Sigismund of Brandenburg, son of Charles IV, becomes King of Hungary by marriage
| | VA : | Artist Fra Angelico is born |
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| | ED : | Cologne University founded
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| | PH : | Truce between England, Scotland, and France
| | PH : | Bajazet I, Emir of the Turks
| | RP : | Pope Boniface IX elected at Rome
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| | PH : | Robert III, King of Scots
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| | PH : | Charles VI seized with madness; his brother Louis becomes Duke of Orleans
| | PH : | Succession dispute in Japan: the Ashikagas become shoguns of Muromachi
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| | PH : | Irish rulers do homage to Richard II, receive amnesty
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| | PH : | Richard II of England marries Isabella of France at Calais; Anglo-Fr. truce extended to 28 years
| | LT : | Manuel Chrysoloras opens Greek classes in Florence: beginning of revival of Greek literature in Italy
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| | PH : | Union of Kalmar between Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
| | VA : | Paolo di Dono (Uccello) is born | | M : | Francesco Landini dies 2 September |
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| | PH : | Richard II deposed: Henry of Lancaster, son of John of Gaunt, succeeds to the throne as Henry IV
| | VA : | Rogier van der Weyden is born |
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| | ST : | Alchemy becomes more and more a field for swindlers | | M : | First mention of the dulcimer | | VA : | Early Renaissance period | | ED : | Jean Froissart: Chronicles | | LT : | Earliest known literature written in Cornish tongue | | LT : | Flourishing of the ecclesiastical drama in Italy | | PH : | Ascent of the Medici in Florence | | PH : | Wenceslas IV deposed and succeeded by Rupert III of the Palatinate | | PH : | Richard II murdered GO ! | | PH : | Henry IV suppresses rebellion of the barons |
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