1333 - Burke Civil War begins in Ireland
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1333 - Burke Civil War begins in Ireland
1332.
Paper (!) is introduced in Sweden.
1331. Edward Balliol becomes King of Scotland
1330 - Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire
1329
June 7, 1329, David II becomes the King of Scotland
1328 - England recognises Scotland as an independent nation after the Wars of Scottish Independence
1327 - Edward III becomes King of England!
1326
Formation of the University of Cambridge's second oldest (still surviving) college, Clare College, Cambridge.
1325 - Muhammad bin Tughluq succeeds his father Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq as Sultan of Delhi.
1324 - Marco Polo died
1323
Andrew Harclay was hanged, drawn and quartered :sick: in London for having attempted to conclude peace with Scotland.
Harclay, a commoner whose abilities lifted him into the nobility, may have been northern England’s most able military commander during the war between Robert the Bruce of Scotland (yes, that one) and the English King Edward II.
1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
1321 - Stefan Decanski becomes King of Serbia.
(Google and Wikipedia are benefiting a lot from this thread!)
1320 - Declaration of Arbroath, supporting Robert the Bruce.
1319 - Three-year-old Magnus Eriksson is elected king of Sweden
(Yep - Google & Wikipedia used for every post :D)
1318 - Apr 1st - Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.
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Originally Posted by adityasam
1317 (Jan 9th)- Philip V, The Tall, crowned King of France.
1316 - Pope John XXII succeeds Pope Clement V
I'm actually studying 14th century history at the moment ;)
Was just reading about Pope John XXII and the Holy Roman Emperor - pretty interesting :D
1315
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 begun. It was the first of several major crises to strike Northern Europe, killing millions of people over several years, and ended an extended period of prosperity. It started with heavy rain in the spring of 1315, devastating crops through 1316 until the summer of 1317. It took Europe several years to recover somewhat. The period brought terrible rates of crime and disease, as well as mass death and even cannibalism and infanticide. Its consequences were felt for many years to come.
1314 - Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
What an eventful century ;)
1313
Wang Zhen, Chinese agronomist, government official, and inventor of wooden-based movable type printing, publishes the Nong Shu (Book of Agriculture).
1312
October 13 – Pope Clement V forcibly disbands the Knights Templar. Some argue that this date is the basis for the stigma surrounding the "Friday the 13th".
1311 - Bolingbroke Castle passes to the House of Lancaster (couldn't find anything interesting for this year :()
1310!
Basarab I, after the battle against the Tatars, is named "big prince" of Wallachia by the feudal lords of the region. The country remains under Hungarian domination until the Battle of Posada on 12 October 1330.
1309 - Pope Clement V settles the papal seat in Avignon
Wow - I'm getting deja vu (my lectures last week were on the Avignon popes :))
1308!
The Capet-Anjou family begins to rule Hungary.
1307 - All Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.
Now that was an interesting year :D
1306 - Mar 25th - Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland
1305
June 5 – Pope Clement V, formerly the Archbishop of Bordeaux Bertrand de Got, succeeds Pope Benedict XI as the 195th pope.
1304 - The peace treaty signed between the khanates of the Mongol Empire. The end of the civil war of the Mongols.
1303
One of the seven wonders of the world, the Lighthouse of Alexandria is destroyed by an earthquake.
1302 - Boniface VIII publishes the Papal bull Unam Sanctam - a firm statement of papal supremacy.
1301
January 14 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
1300 - Accounts from England include a reference to a game called creag being played (generally agreed that creag was an early form of cricket)
1299 - Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15
1298
July – Emperor Go-Fushimi succeeds Emperor Fushimi on the throne of Japan.
1297 - Sep 11th - Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English
1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
1295 - let's have a look at what happened then...
Oh! That's a nice one, certainly in view of the one above!
23rd October: The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance was signed between Scotland and France in Paris against England :D.
1294
July 5 – Pope Celestine V succeeds Nicholas IV as the 192nd pope.