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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 :))