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
- 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
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]
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