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1300s Scottish priest Duns Scotus lectures at the University of Paris after developing popular doctrines about God and existence. Critics coin the term Dunce Cap for his students. |
 1310s -1310-12  Templars are burned alive at the stake in France1314 Jacques de Molay, the last grand master of the Templars, is executed  1314 Scotsman Robert the Bruce defeats English King Edward II winning Scottish Independence at Bannockburn,
Sterlingshire, Scotland.1315 Swiss def Hapsburg army at Battle of Morgarten and est. the Swiss Confederacy.
1315 Swiss repel Austrians at Morgarten1315–1317 The Great Famine kills millions of people in Europe. |
 1320s 1321-28 Byzantine Civil War 1324 Pope John XXII recognised Robert the Bruce as king of an independent Scotland 1324 German Dominican Meister Eckhart accused of heresy because of his work with pious lay groups who were questioning the inquisition. 1324 William of Ockham's commentary on Peter Lombard's Four Books of Sentences was condemned as unorthodox and officially excommunicated in 1328 because of disagreements with Pope John XXII at Avignon. 1328- Valois Philip VI king of France 1328-41 Ivan I moves capital to Moscow  c.1312 – c.1337 Mansa Musa reigns in Mali where gold and salt create great wealth |
1330s - 1332-57 Second War of Scottish Independence  1337 Edward III rejects Philip VI's claim to the French throne, starting the Hundred Years' War.1335 Slavery is abolished in Sweden. 1339 Edward III (1327-77) begins 100 Yrs. War |
 1340s -1340 The Reconquista of Spain recommences with the Castilian victory at the Battle of Río Salado 1340 Teutonic Knights draw up a German law-code for the Prussian district of Pomerania 1341–1347 disastrous Byzantine civil war  1344 Bridget of Sweden establishes the religious community of the Bridgettines1346 Edward III of England defeats Philip VI of France at Battle of Crécy. English
longbowmen so far eclipse Genoese crossbowmen that the long bow replaces the cross bow as an instrument of war.1347–1351 The Black Death kills around a third of the population of Europe1347 Calais falls to English til 1559 1349/50 Black Death-Plague |  1350s 1351 Edward III institutes the Treason Act, defining treason in English law. It remains unrepealed  135? the Great Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed to build fortresses and mosques in Cairo1353 Confederation of Swiss Cantons 1356 Pope Innocent VI prohibits leagues of cities 1356 English Edward the Black Prince captures John II of France and his son, Philip the
Bold of Burgundy, at Poitiers.1357 Scotland retains its independence with the Treaty of Berwick, ending the Wars of Scottish Independence. 1358 French Peasants revolt |
 1360s  1360s Early cannon technology developed in China spreads across Eurasia.1362 English introduced as official language in courts of law 1366 English Parliament refuses Papal dues 1368 The end of the Mongol Yuan dynasty in China and the beginning of the Ming dynasty. 1369 Amsterdam joins Hanseatic League. |
 1370s  1370-1405 Timur (Tamerlane) founds Timurid Empire1371 Serbs defeated by Ottoman Turks at Battle of Maritsa, opening up the Balkans to the Turks.
1376 Swabian League of 14 cities |
 1380s  1380 John Wycliffe translates the Bible into English1381 Wycliffe is dismissed from the University of Oxford for criticism of the Catholic Church, leading to the Lollardy movement 1381 Peasants' Uprising of Wat Tyler and John Bull in England.1381 Venice wins "100 Years War" against Genoa 1389 Turkish army under Sultan Murad I defeats Serbs under Prince Lazar at
Battle of Kosovo, bringing Turkish rule to the area which lasts until the Balkan War of 1913. |
 1390s 1391 Anti-Jewish pogroms spread throughout Spain and Portugal, and many thousands of Jews are massacred.1394 King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from France 1396 Ottomans defeat Hungarians at
Battle of Nicopolis.139? The Chinese invent toilet paper for use by their emperors. |
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