Tables of History : A.D. 1300 - 1399

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1302
  • Dante Alighieri exiled from Florence
  • Papal bull "Unam Sanctam" declares papal supremacy
1303
  • University of Rome founded
1307
  • Dante Alighieri: "Divina Commedia"
1308
  • John Duns Scotus dies
1309
  • "Babylonian Captivity" of Church begins
    French-born Pope Clement V moves the papal residence to Avignon.
  • University of Orleans founded
1311
  • The Council of Vienne convenes
1312
  • The Council of Vienne ends
    Templar order is formally abolished, various heresies condemned.
1313
  • Peasant uprising in Denmark
    The peasants on the crown domains of North Jutland rebel.
1314
  • Crackdown on Templar Order
    In Paris, Jacques de Molay, the Order's Grand Master, is burned at the stake for heresy.
1317
  • France adopts Salic Law
    The Salic Law, among other things, bans women from succession to the throne.
1319
  • Magnus Eriksson, heir to the throne of Norway, is elected king of Sweden
1321
  • Dante Alighieri dies
1322
  • Papal ban on contrapuntal music
1323
  • Thomas Aquinas is canonized
1324
  • Marco Polo dies
  • Marsilius of Padua writes "Defensor Pacis"
    The first work of political theory to advance the idea of popular sovereignty, later a mainstay of Western political ideology, the "Defensor Pacis" (lat. "Defender of Peace") was initially championed by the Catholic Church, as a tool in the Church's ongoing struggle with the temporal powers.
1326
  • Oriel College at Oxford, and Clare College at Cambridge, are founded
1328
  • In France, Charles IV dies and is succeeded by Philip VI
    This marks the end of the Capeting dynasty, and the accession of the House of Valois.
1332
  • Swedish-Scanian union
  • Lucerne joins the Swiss League
1337
  • Hundred Years' War begins
1338
  • University of Pisa founded
1339
  • University of Grenoble founded
  • Venice conquers Treviso, its first mainland province
1340
  • Queens College at Oxford founded
1342
  • Louis of Bavaria gains Tirol and Carinthia by marriage
    Through his marriage to Margaret of Tirol (the "Ugly Duchess"), Louis, son of Louis IV, acquires Tirol and Carinthia.
1344
  • Håkon, youngest son of Magnus Eriksson, is elected king of Norway
    Actual rule from 1355.
1346
  • King Valdemar "Atterdag" of Denmark sells Estonia to the Teutonic Order
  • Battle of Crécy
    Major defeat for the French.
1348
  • The Plague ("The Black Death") ravages Europe (until 1350)
  • Edward III founds the Order of the Garter
  • Boccaccio's "Decameron"
  • University of Prague founded
1349
  • William of Ockham dies
1350
  • In France, Philip VI dies and is succeeded by John II
1351
  • Zürich joins the Swiss League
1354
  • Turks take Gallipoli
1358
  • Jean Buridan dies
1360
  • King Valdemar "Atterdag" of Denmark reconquers Scania
1363
  • King Håkon of Norway and Sweden marries Margrete of Denmark
1364
  • Albrecht of Mecklenburg is summoned to be king of Sweden
  • In France, John II dies and is succeeded by Charles V
1365
  • University of Vienna founded
1369
  • Venice fights off Magyar invasion
1374
  • Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) dies
1375
  • King Valdemar "Atterdag" of Denmark dies
  • Boccaccio dies
1376
  • Oluf, son of King Håkon of Norway and Sweden and Margrete of Denmark, is elected king of Denmark
1377
  • Church's "Babylonian Captivity" ends with Pope Gregory XI's return to Rome
1378
  • The Great Schism begins
    Following the death of Pope Gregory XI, two competing popes are elected, one (Urban VI) at Rome and the other (Clement VII) at Avignon.
1379
  • New College at Oxford founded
1380
  • King Håkon dies
1381
  • King Oluf of Denmark is acclaimed king of Norway
    Margrete is appointed his guardian.
1382
  • Turks capture Sofia
1386
  • Royal council at Nyborg
    Margrete I enfeoffs the dukes of Holstein with Schleswig.
  • Heidelberg University founded
  • Prince Jagiello of Lithuania becomes king of Poland
    Through marriage to Jadwiga, daughter of Louis I (and crowned "king" of Poland), Prince Jagiello of Lithuania becomes king of Poland as Wladislaw II, founding the Jagiellon dynasty.
1387
  • King Oluf dies
  • Council of state at Lund
    Margrete is elected "plenipotentiary lady and warden of the entire realm of Denmark". Later confirmed in the regional moots.
1388
  • Margrete confirmed in Norway
    Margrete is chosen in Norway as "plenipotentiary lady and warden", for life.
  • The treaty of Dalaborg
    Margrete is acclaimed as "plenipotentiary lady and rightful warden" of Sweden.
  • University of Köln (Cologne) founded
  • The battle of Otterburn
    The English, led by Henry Percy ("Hotspur"), are defeated by the Scots, led by James, 2nd earl of Douglas.
1389
  • Battle of Falköping
    King Albrecht of Sweden and his son are taken prisoners.
  • Erik of Pomerania is acclaimed king of Norway
1396
  • Erik of Pomerania is acclaimed king of Denmark and Sweden
1397
  • Erik of Pomerania is crowned at Kalmar, as king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

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