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| | PH : | Rudolf I dies | | PH : | Everlasting League between Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden | | PH : | Mamelukes conquer Acre, ending Christian rule in the East | | PH : | End of the Crusades: Knights of St. John of Jerusalem settle in Cyprus | | M : | Philippe de Vitry born 31 October |
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| | PH : | Scottish throne to John Baliol | | PH : | Adolf, Count of Nassau, elected Ger. King; crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle |
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| | RP : | Pope Celestine V, followed by Pope Boniface VIII |
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| | PH : | Alliance between France and Scotland |
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| | PH : | John Baliol resigns Scot crown to Edward I | | PH : | Frederick II, King of Sicily | | PH : | Jalaluddin of Delhi murdered; succeeded by Alauddin Khilji | | PH : | Scot. coronation stone moved from Scone to Westminster |
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| | DL : | Moas, giant giraffe birds of New Zealand, die out |
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| | PH : | Adolf of Nassau dethroned by the electors and killed in battle; succeeded as Ger. King by Albert I of Austria |
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| | PH : | Treaties between Venice and the Turks, and France and Germany |
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| | M : | Guillaume de Machaut born | | PH : | Edward I invades Scotland
| | PH : | Wenceslas II of Bohemia elected King of Poland
| | LT : | Development of Chinese drama
| | M : | The 'Jongleurs', professional musical entertainers in France | | DL : | In the Ger. cities apothecaries become popular
| | DL : | Temporary end of European slave trade |
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| | PH : | Andrew III of Hungary, last of the Arpads dies
| | PH : | Edward I's son made Prince of Wales
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| | PH : | Anglo-Scot. truce
| | RP : | Papal bull "unam sanctam" pronounces highest papal claims to supremacy
| | VA : | Cenni di Pepi (Cimabue) dies in Florence (year approximate) |
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| | RP : | Pope Boniface VIII quarrels with Philip IV of France and dies a prisoner in the Vatican
| | ED : | Rome University founded
| | ST : | Bernard of Gordon; first medical reference to spectacles
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| | ED : | Peterhouse College, Cambridge, founded |
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| | PH : | Wenceslas II, King of Bohemia, Poland and Hungary, dies | | RP : | Pope Clement V | | DL : | Edward I standardises the yard and the acre
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| | PH : | Robert Bruce crowned King of Scots and defeated by the English at Methuen and Dalry
| | PH : | Wenceslas III, last of the Premyslids, dies - Albert invests his son Rudolf with Bohemia
| | RP : | Philip IV expels the Jews from France
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| | PH : | Edward I dies; succeeded by Edward II
GO ! | | PH : | The legendary Rutli vow of the three Swiss cantons | | LT : | Dante composes his Divina Commedia
| | RP : | Archbishopric of Peking set up
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| | PH : | Coronation of Edward II
| | PH : | Albert I murdered; Henry VII, Count of Luxembourg is elected Ger. King
| | DL : | King Philip IV builds one of the earliest indoor tennis courts in Paris |
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| | RP : | Clement V fixes papal residence at Avignon - beginning of the "Babylonia Captivity", during which Rome is not the papal seat
| | M : | Marchettus of Padua pleads for the introduction of counterpoint into musical composition
| | ED : | Founding of Orleans University
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| | PH : | Council of Ten established in Venice |
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| | PH : | English barons force King Edward II to appoint "lord ordainers", and slowly transfer power away from him
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| | PH : | Treaty of Vienna: Lyons incorporated into France
| | PH : | Henry VII of Luxembourg crowned emperor in Rome
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| | PH : | Henry VII of Luxembourg dies
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| | PH : | Philip IV of France dies; succeeded by his son Louis X
| | PH : | Double election of Frederick of Austria and Louis of Bavaria
| | RP : | Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Templars, burned at the stake in Paris for alleged heresy
| | RP : | Vacancy in the papal chair for more than two years |
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| | PH : | Swiss League renewed
| | DL : | Lyons silk industry developed by Ital. immigrants
| | PH : | King John of France dies and Philip V (called The Tall) proclaims himself king |
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| | PH : | Edward Bruce crowned King of Ireland
| | PH : | Murberak, last of the Khilji rulers of Delhi
| | RP : | Pope John XXII
| | PH : | Philip V succeeds Louis X
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| | PH : | Salic Law, excluding women from succession to throne, adopted in France
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| | PH : | Edward Bruce killed in Battle of Faughart
| | PH : | Truce between Swiss League and Hapsburgs
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| | PH : | Gharzi Khan, Sultan of Delhi
| | PH : | Peace of Paris between Flanders and France
| | PH : | Vladislav I Lokietek, King of Poland, crowned in Crakow
| | M : | Philippe de Vitry coins the name "Ars nova" for the new, strongly contrapuntal style of music
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| | RP : | Monte Cassino becomes bishopric
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| | PH : | Philip V succeeded by Charles IV
| | M : | The pope forbids the use of counterpoint in church music
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| | PH : | Edward II of England signs a truce with Robert the Bruce
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| | RP : | Pope John XXII excommunicates Louis IV (called the Bavarian) | | PH : | Osman, founder of the Ottoman dynasty, and a Turkish leader, dies |
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| | M : | Francesco Landini born | | PH : | Louis of Bavaria accepts Frederick of Austria as co-regent
| | LT : | Development of No plays in Japan
| | M : | Organ pedals come into use
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| | PH : | Osman I, ruler of Turkey, dies
| | ED : | Founding of Oriel College, Oxford, and Clare College, Cambridge
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| | PH : | Edward II, deposed by Parliament and murdered at Berkeley Castle, is succeed by Edward III
| | DL : | The great fire of Munich
| | DL : | Avignon's public sanitation was so deficient that the stench forced historian Petrarch to move out to nearby Vaucluse "to prolong my life." |
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| | PH : | Charles IV, last of the direct line of the Capets, dies; succeeded by Philip VI of the House of Valois
| | PH : | Louis IV of Bavaria crowned emperor in Rome; declares Pope John XXII deposed for heresy
| | PH : | Moscow becomes capital of Russia
| | ST : | Invention of the sawmill
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| | PH : | David II, King of Scots
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| | PH : | Frederick of Austria dies; Louis IV of Bavaria is recognised as emperor
| | RP : | Monastery of Ettal, Bavaria, founded
| | M : | Paris Musicians' Guild, Ménétriers
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| | PH : | Disputed Imperial succession in Japan leads to civil war against Hojo regents
| | ST : | First record of weaving in England (York)
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| | PH : | Edward Baliol, crowned King of Scots, recognises Edward III of overlord
| | PH : | Lucerne joins Swiss League
| | PH : | First record of Parliament divided into two houses
| | M : | Company of mastersingers formed at Toulouse
| | DL : | Bubonic plague originates in India
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| | PH : | Casimir III of Poland
| | PH : | Yusuf I, Caliph of Granada: zenith of Arabic civilisation in Granada
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| | PH : | Edward III, claiming Fr. crown, assumes title King of France
| | PH : | Beginning of the Hundred Years' War
| | ST : | William Merlee of Oxford attempts first scientific weather forecasts
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| | PH : | Alliance of Coblenz between Louis IV and Edward III
| | ED : | Founding of Pisa University
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| | ED : | Founding of Grenoble University
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| | ED : | Queen's College, Oxford, founded
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| | LT : | Petrarch crowned poet on the Capitol, Rome
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| | DL : | Bankruptcy of the great Florentine banking house of Bardi and Peruzzi
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| | PH : | Cola di Rienzi, tribune of the people, rules Rome from April until December
| | 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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| | RP : | Persecution of the Jews in Germany
| | 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 : | The Hapsburgs, twice defeated at Zurich, sign peace treaty with Swiss League
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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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