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1301-08. Founding of important European universities. 1302. Battle of Courtrai. Flemish democracy's victory over the French.
1303. Edward I of England invades Scotland.
1304. Birth of Petrarch.
1305. First Assembly of the States-General in France. Election of bishops. Regal power made independent of Papal influence. Wallace, the Scottish chief, beheaded in London.
1306. Robert Bruce becomes king and liberator of Scotland. 1307. William Tell appears as the liberator of Switzerland. Coal first used as fuel in England.
1311. Suppression of Knights Templar.
1314. Battle of Bannockburn. The Soots defeat the English under Edward II.
1315. Swiss defeat the Austrians at Morgarten, 15 November. 1321. Civil war in England. Death of Dante.
1326. King Edward II of England dethroned.
1327. Edward III of England commences his reign.
1328. Philip VI of France founds the Valois dynasty. Edward III of England assumes title of King of France.
1331. The art of weaving cloth introduced into England by Flemish artisans.
1338. Froissart, French chronicler and historian, born.
1339. English invade France and the Hundred Year's War begins.
1342. Factions of the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Italy. Rule of the Medici.
1344. Parliament of Paris. Madeira discovered by Portu guese navigators.
1345. Canary Islands discovered.
1346. Battle of Crecy, 26 August. The French defeated by Edward III of England.
1347. Rienzi, the " last of the Roman tribunes." assumes power " in the name of liberty, peace and justice." English capture Calais. Admiralty and Law Courts instituted in England.
1348-51. The Black Plague ravages the world.
1349. English king institutes the moral order of the Knights of the Garter.
1350. Dauphiny gives title to the King of France's heir. 1353. Boccaccio's literary fame commences.
1356. Battle of Poitiers, 19 September. King John of France made prisoner by the English.
1360. Calais ceded to England.
1362. Use of French language abandoned in English law courts for the native tongue. Langland writes his ' Vision of Piers Plowman.' 1368. Revolution in China. Yue.chang or Hong-wu founds the Ming or " Bright " dynasty. Makes Nankin his capital. Receives ambassadors from Persia and Con stantinople.
1371. The Stuart dynasty founded in Scotland.
1377. Wickliffe's doctrine condemned in England. Richard II becomes king of England.
1378. Schism begins in the Catholic Church and lasts to 1417. 1381. Tyler's insurrection in England. Bills of exchange first used in England..
1383. Cannon first used by the English governor of Calais. 1384. Wycliffe completes translation of Bible into English.
The first English navigation act excludes all exports or imports in foreign vessels.
1386. Swiss defeat the Austrians at Sempach through Winkel ried 's courage.
1387. The first Lord High Admiral of the English navy appointed.
1388. Scotch invade England and are victorious at Otterburn. 1391. The Pope's power and authority abolished in England by the Parliament.
1396. Chrysoloras appointed professor of Greek at Florence, vitalizes scholarship.
1397. Whittington the " father of the poor " becomes mayor of London.
1399. Rebellion in Ireland.