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]

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]

1304

February 24

• Birth of Muhammad ibn Battutah Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia and Africa). [1]

July 20

• Birth of Francesco Petrarch Italy, poet (Italia Mia). [1]

1305

March 7

• Gwijde van Dampierre count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at age 78. [1]

1306

March 25

• Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland. [1]

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]

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

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]

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]

March 5

• Birth of David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331-71). [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

March 5

• Birth of Louis I [the Great] King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82). [1]

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 king of England (1307-1327), dies at age 43. [1]

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]

June 15

• Birth of Edward the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376). [1]

1332

February 13

• Andronicus II Paleologus Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies. [1]

May 27

• Birth of Ibn Khaldun Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah). [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

January 4

• Birth of Amadeus VI [Green Earl], Earl of Savoye. [1]

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]

March 12

• Birth of Eduard Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern. [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]

January 21

• Birth of Charles V (the Wise) king of France (1364-80). [1]

1340

January 26

• English king Edward III proclaimed king of France. [1]

March 31

• Ivan I Kalita grand-duke of Vladimir, dies. [1]

1341

April 8

• Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome. [1]

1342

January 17

• Birth of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. [1]

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 Austria - northern Italy, an Intensity X earthquake occurs, destroying Villach and claiming 5,000 deaths. [1] [53]

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]

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

• English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers. [1]

1357

January 4

• Flemish Earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty. [1]

April 22

• Birth of Johan I King of Portugal (1383-1433). [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]

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

• Jan II the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at age 44. [1]

April 24

• Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht. [1]

May 13

• Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven. [1]

May 20

• Birth of Henry Percy [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican. [1]

September 29

• Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany. [1]

1365

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]

1367

January 6

• Birth of Richard II Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99). [1]

January 18

• Pedro I king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at age 46. [1]

April 3

• Birth of Henry IV Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England (1399-1413). [1]

April 13

• Battle at Nájera Spain Castilië and England beat Aragón and France. [1]

1369

March 23

• Pedro the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered. [1]

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]

May 28

• Birth of John the Fearless Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior. [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]

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]

December 31

• Birth of Callistus III [Alfonso the Borja] Pope (1455-58). [1]

1379

March 24

• End of Gelderse war victory. [1]

1380

February 11

• Birth of Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini Italy, humanist. [1]

March 18

• Birth of Liduina van Schiedam Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint. [1]

September 8

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

December 24

• John von Neumarkt German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies. [1]

1381

January 13

• Birth of Saint Colette abbess/reformer (Poor Clares). [1]

May 13

• John of Chatillon Governor/Viceroy of Holland, dies. [1]

May 30

• English boer uprising begins in Essex. [1]

June 15

• Wat Tyler leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded in London. [1]
• 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]

May 12

• Johanna I Queen of Naples/Provence, dies. [1]

December 31

• Daigaku Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan. [1]

1383

March 1

• Amadeus VI (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at age 49. [1]

March 2

• Amadeus VI count of Savoy, dies. [1]

December 7

• Wenceslaus duke of Brabant, dies. [1]

1384

January 30

• Louis van Male count of Flanders/Nevers/Réthel, dies. [1]

December 31

• John Wycliffe English religious reformer/bible translator, dies. [1]

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

• Birth of Charles The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87). [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]

September 16

• Birth of Henry V king of England (1413-22). [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]

1392

December 9

• Birth of Peter Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria). [1]

1393

January 28

• Earl of Joigny burned at royal ball. [1]
• Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, four die (Ball of the Ardents). [1]

January 30

• Aimery Poitiers French nobleman, burned at royal ball. [1]
• Yvain son of Earl of Foix, burned at royal ball. [1]

March 20

• Johannes Nepomucenus [Jan Nepomucky], Czechoslovakian saint, killed. [1]

April 4

• Floris van Wevelinkhoven bishop of Utrecht, dies. [1]

1394

March 4

• Birth of Prince Henry the Navigator; sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery. [1] [5]

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]

July 13

• Birth of Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy. [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]

November 15

• Birth of Nicholas V pope (1447-55); ended schism, founded Vatican Library. [1]

1398

August 19

• Birth of Iñigo López Spain, marques de Santillana, poet (Comedieta de Ponza). [1]

1399

February 3

• John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster/king of Castile and León, dies at age 58. [1]

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]

December 22

• Birth of Luca della Robbia Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden). [1]

1401

February 19

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