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Limbourg Brothers
(1370 - 1416)

1370

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

1371

PH : Robert II, King of Scots: accession of the House of Stewart

1372

RP : Oxford becomes the spiritual centre of England

1373

DL : Tunnage and poundage imposed on merchants in England

1375

PH : Truce of Bruges between England and France

1376

PH : The Black Prince dies
PH : Wenceslas, son of Charles IV, crowned King of the Romans

1377

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

1378

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

1379

PH : Treaty of Neuberg: Albert III and Leopold III divide Hapsburg territories between them
ED : William of Wykeham founds New College, Oxford

1380

PH : Charles V of France dies; succeeded by Charles VI, the Mad
VA : Robert Campin, artist, born

1381

PH : Anglo-Fr. truce for six years
PH : Peasants' Revolt in England under Wat Tyler
PH : Venice wins the "hundred years war" against Genoa

1384

PH : Anglo-Scot. war renewed
PH : Jadviga, daughter of King Louis I, crowned "king" of Poland

1385

PH : Anglo-Fr. war renewed
DL : The first Fr. court ball at the wedding of Charles VI and Isabella of Bavaria

1386

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

1387

PH : Sigismund of Brandenburg, son of Charles IV, becomes King of Hungary by marriage
VA : Artist Fra Angelico is born

1388

ED : Cologne University founded

1389

PH : Truce between England, Scotland, and France
PH : Bajazet I, Emir of the Turks
RP : Pope Boniface IX elected at Rome

1390

PH : Robert III, King of Scots

1391

PH : Charles VI seized with madness; his brother Louis becomes Duke of Orleans
PH : Succession dispute in Japan: the Ashikagas become shoguns of Muromachi

1395

PH : Irish rulers do homage to Richard II, receive amnesty

1396

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

1397

PH : Union of Kalmar between Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
VA : Paolo di Dono (Uccello) is born
M : Francesco Landini dies 2 September

1399

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

1400

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

1401

PH : Klause Störtebeker, the pirate, executed at Hamburg
VA : Tommaso Cassai (Masaccio) is born

1403

ED : Compilation of Yung Lo Ta Tien, Chin. encyclopaedia in 22,937 vols. (only three copies made)
PH : Bajazet dies; succeeded by his son Suleiman I

1404

RP : Pope Innocent III

1405

ST : Konrad Kyeser: Bellifortis, book of military technology
PH : Timur dies; succeeded by Shah Rokh

1406

RP : Pope Gregory XII
PH : Robert II of Scotland dies; succeeded by James I, who is imprisoned in England
VA : Artist Fra Filippo Lippi is born

1407

DL : Bethlehem Hospital, London, Bedlam, becomes an institution for the insane
PH : Louis, Duke of Orleans, murdered by Burgundians; start of civil war in France

1408

RP : Cardinals of Rome and Avignon meet to end Great Schism

1409

ED : Leipzig University founded by Ger. refugees from Prague
RP : Pope Gregory XII abdicates; Council of Pisa, Pope Alexander V

1410

RP : Hus and his followers excommunicated by the Archbishop of Prague
RP : Pope John XXIII, antipope
PH : King Rupert dies

1411

ED : Founding of St. Andrews University, Edinburgh
RP : Pope John XXIII excommunicates Jan Hus
PH : Sigismund, King of Hungary, son of Charles IV, elected Ger. King, and crowned emperor

1412

VA : Filippo Bruneleschi: Rules of Perspective

1413

RP : The Disputation of Tortosa (Spain): Joseph Albo defends the Jewish faith
PH : Henry IV dies; succeeded by his son Henry V

1414

DL : The Medici of Florence becomes bankers to the papacy
RP : Thomas ā Kempis: Imitatio Christi
RP : The Council of Constance to settle "causa unionis, reformationis, fedei"

1415

RP : Hus burned at the stake at Constance for heresy
RP : Pope John XXIII deposed

1416

RP : Jerome of Prague, a follower of Hus, burned for heresy
VA : The Limbourg Brothers die, probably of plague
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