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1273. Election of Rudolf of Hapsburg as King of the Romans. Crowned at Aachen, October 24 | 8 |
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1274. Death of Henry, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne and Brie. Philip III. of France annexes Champagne and Brie, and assumes the government of Navarre | 48 |
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1276. First war between Rudolf I. and Ottokar of Bohemia | 9 |
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“ Death of Pope Gregory X. | 27 |
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“ Death of James I. (the Conqueror) of Aragon. Accession of Peter III. | 479 |
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1277. Election of Pope Nicolas III. | 27 |
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“ Archbishop Otto Visconti obtains the lordship of Milan | 36 |
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1278. Ottokar of Bohemia killed in the battle of Marchfeld (August 26). Accession of Wenzel II. | 10 |
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1280. The Teutonic Knights complete the conquest of Prussia | 456 |
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“ Death of Pope Nicolas III. | 27 |
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1281. Election of Pope Martin IV. | 28 |
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1282. The Sicilian Vespers (March 30) lead to the transfer of Sicily from the house of Anjou to Peter III. of Aragon | 25 |
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“ Constitutional changes in Florence | 32 |
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“ Austria, Styria, and Carniola acquired by house of Hapsburg, and Carinthia given to Meinhard of Tyrol | 10 |
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“ Death of the Greek Emperor Michael VIII., and accession of Andronicus II. | 497 |
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“ Edward I. of England conquers Wales | 155 |
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1283. Peter III. of Aragon issues the ‘General Privilege’ | 481 |
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1284. Battle of Meloria. The Pisans, defeated by the Genoese, lose their maritime importance | 31 |
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“ Death of Alfonso X. (the Wise) of Castile. Accession of Sancho IV. | 48, 470 |
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“ Charles of Valois accepts the crown of Aragon from the Pope. War between France and Aragon | 49 |
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1285. Death of Charles I., King of Naples (January 7). Accession of Charles II. | 25 |
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“ Death of Pope Martin IV. (March 12). Election of Honorius IV. | 28 |
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“ Death of Philip III. of France (October 5). Accession of Philip IV. | 49 |
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“ Death of Peter III. of Aragon (November 11). Accession of Alfonso III. in Aragon and of James in Sicily | 25, 480 |
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1286. Accession of Eric Menved in Denmark | 430 |
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“ Death of Alexander III. of Scotland | 157 |
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1287. Alfonso III. of Aragon issues the ‘Privilege of Union’ | 481 |
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1288. Death of Pope Honorius IV. Election of Nicolas IV. | 28 |
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1291. Death of Rudolf I. (July 15) | 11 |
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“ Formation of League between Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden (origin of Swiss Confederation) | 127 |
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“ Fall of Acre puts an end to Christian dominion in the East | 456 |
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“ Death of Alfonso III. of Aragon. Succeeded by his brother, James II. | 26, 480 |
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1292. Election of Adolf of Nassau as King of the Romans (May 5) | 11 |
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“ Death of Nicolas IV., followed by two years’ interregnum in the Papacy | 28 |
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“ Edward I. awards the Scottish crown to John Balliol | 157 |
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1293. ‘Ordinances of Justice’ in Florence | 32 |
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1294. Election of Pope Celestine IV. | 28 |
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“ Abdication of Celestine. Election of Boniface VIII. | 28 |
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“ Outbreak of war between England and France | 51 |
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1295. John Balliol joins France against Edward I. | 52 |
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“ Death of Archbishop Otto Visconti. Succeeded by his nephew Matteo | 36 |
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“ Death of Sancho IV. of Castile. Accession of Ferdinand IV. | 470 |
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1296. Edward I. deposes John Balliol and conquers Scotland | 52 |
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“ Boniface VIII. issues the bull Clericis laicos | 29, 52 |
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1297. Rising in Scotland under Wallace | 160 |
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“ Closing of the Great Council in Venice | 38 |
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1298. Peace between England and France negotiated by Boniface VIII. | 52 |
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1298. Death of Adolf of Nassau. Election of Albert I. | 13 |
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1302. Settlement of the long Sicilian wars. Frederick, brother of James II. of Aragon, recognised as King of Sicily | 26 |
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“ Defeat of French army by the Flemings at Courtrai (July 11) | 53 |
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“ First meeting of the States-General in France | 60 |
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“ Matteo Visconti driven from Milan | 36 |
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1303. Outrage at Anagni, and death of Boniface VIII. | 29 |
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“ Andronicus II. invites the ‘Grand Company of the Catalans’ into Greece | 497 |
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1304. Election (February 25) and death (July 27) of Benedict XI. | 29 |
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1305. Election of Clement VII., who remains in France | 30 |
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“ Death of Wenzel II. of Bohemia. Election of Wenzel III. | 15 |
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1306. Death of Wenzel III. of Bohemia. Albert I. procures the crown for his son Rudolf | 15 |
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1307. Death of Rudolf of Bohemia. Accession of Henry of Carinthia | 16 |
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“ Break-up of Seljuk Empire on death of Aladdin III. | 299 |
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1308. Murder of Albert I. Election of Henry VII. (of Luxemburg) | 17 |
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1309. Charles Robert, grandson of Charles II. of Naples, recognised as King of Hungary | 15 |
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“ Headquarters of the Teutonic Order transferred from Venice to Marienburg | 457 |
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“ Clement V. fixes his residence in Avignon | 30 |
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“ Death of Charles II. of Naples. Accession of Robert | 26 |
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1310. Origin of the Council of Ten in Venice | 39 |
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“ Henry VII. sets out on an expedition to Italy | 17, 39 |
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“ Henry of Carinthia driven from Bohemia, and the crown given to Henry VII.’s son John | 18 |
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1311. Henry VII. restores Matteo Visconti in Milan, and appoints him imperial vicar | 40 |
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“ The Teutonic Knights acquire Pomerellen | 458 |
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1312. Suppression of the Templars | 55 |
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“ Annexation of Lyons by Philip IV. of France | 56 |
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“ Henry VII. crowned Emperor in St. John Lateran | 41 |
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“ Death of Ferdinand IV. of Castile. Accession of Alfonso XI. | 470 |
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1313. Death of Henry VII. near Siena | 18, 42 |
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1314. Battle of Bannockburn (June 24) | 168 |
|
“ Double election in Germany of Lewis the Bavarian and Frederick of Hapsburg | 98 |
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“ Death of Philip IV. of France (November 29). Accession of Louis X. | 62 |
|
“ Death of Clement V., and papal interregnum for two years | 98 |
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1315. Swiss victory at the battle of Morgarten | 129 |
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1316. Election of Pope John XXII. | 99 |
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“ Death of Louis X. of France. Exclusion of his daughter Jeanne in favour of her uncle, Philip V. (so-called Salic Law) | 64 |
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1319. Death of Eric Menved, and accession of Christopher II. in Denmark | 431 |
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1322. Defeat and capture of Frederick of Hapsburg at Mühldorf | 99 |
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“ Death of Philip V. of France. Accession of Charles IV. | 65 |
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“ Galeazzo Visconti succeeds his father Matteo in Milan | 174 |
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1323. Lewis the Bavarian protests against the intervention of John XXII. Beginning of quarrel between Empire and Papacy | 99 |
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“ Death of Waldemar, the last Ascanian Margrave of Brandenburg. Lewis the Bavarian gives Brandenburg to his eldest son Lewis | 107 |
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1326. Orchan succeeds Othman as leader of the Ottoman Turks | 499 |
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1327. Lewis the Bavarian enters Italy and is crowned in Milan | 105 |
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1328. Lewis crowned Emperor in Rome | 105 |
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“ Deposition of John XXII., and election of anti-pope | 105 |
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“ Scottish independence recognised by treaty of Northampton | 68 |
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“ Death of Charles IV. of France. Accession of Philip VI. (of Valois) | 65 |
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“ Separation of France and Navarre: the latter goes to Jeanne, daughter of Louis X. | 66 |
|
“ Philip VI. defeats the Flemings at Cassel | 70 |
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“ Andronicus II. deposed in favour of his grandson, Andronicus III. | 498 |
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“ Death of Castruccio Castracani, Lord of Lucca | 105, 143 |
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“ Death of Galeazzo Visconti | 174 |
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1329. Orchan defeats the forces of Andronicus III. at Pelekanon | 499 |
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“ Mastino della Scala succeeds Cangrande in Verona | 143 |
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“ Azzo Visconti becomes imperial vicar in Milan | 143, 174 |
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1330. Death of Frederick of Hapsburg | 105 |
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“ Lewis the Bavarian returns to Germany | 105 |
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“ Luzern joins the league of the Swiss cantons | 130 |
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“ John of Bohemia enters Italy and occupies Brescia | 144 |
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1332. League of Italian states against John of Bohemia | 145 |
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“ Edward Balliol obtains the Scottish crown, and does homage to Edward III. | 68 |
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“ Death of Christopher II. followed by eight years’ interregnum in Denmark | 432 |
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1333. John of Bohemia abandons Italy | 146 |
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“ Edward III. wins battle of Halidon Hill, takes Berwick, and restores Edward Balliol | 68 |
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“ David Bruce escapes to France, and French intervention in Scotland | 68 |
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1334. Death of John XXII., and election of Benedict XII. | 102 |
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1335. Death of Henry, Duke of Carinthia and Count of Tyrol | 106 |
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“ Carinthia acquired by Hapsburgs, while Tyrol goes to Margaret Maultasch, wife of John Henry of Moravia | 107 |
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1336. Rudolf Brun effects a revolution in Zürich | 131 |
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“ Rising in Ghent under Jacob van Artevelde | 71 |
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“ Death of James III. of Aragon, and accession of Peter IV. | 481 |
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1337. Edward III. claims the French crown and seeks allies in Flanders and Germany | 71 |
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1338. Electoral meeting at Rense, and diet at Frankfurt to protest against papal pretensions in Germany | 102 |
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“ Meeting of Lewis the Bavarian and Edward III. at Coblentz | 72 |
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“ League against Mastino della Scala. Verona loses its ascendency in northern Italy | 147 |
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1339. Edward III. invades France from Flanders. Beginning of Hundred Years’ War. Unsuccessful campaign in Picardy | 72 |
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“ Death of Azzo Visconti. Succeeded by his uncle Lucchino | 175 |
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1340. Naval victory of the English at Sluys | 72 |
|
“ Edward repulsed from Tournay, concludes truce with Philip VI. | 72 |
|
“ Succession dispute in Brittany on death of John III. | 73 |
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“ Alfonso XI. of Castile defeats the Moors in battle of the Salado | 471 |
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“ Waldemar III. restores monarchical power in Denmark | 433 |
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1341. Lewis the Bavarian divorces Margaret of Maultasch from John Henry of Moravia, and marries her to his son, Lewis of Brandenburg | 107 |
|
“ Death of Andronicus III., and accession of John V. | 500 |
|
1342. Edward III. supports John de Montfort in Brittany | 73 |
|
“ Death of Carobert of Hungary, and accession of Lewis the Great | 152 |
|
“ Death of Benedict XII., and election of Clement VI. | 106 |
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1343. Death of Robert of Naples, and accession of Joanna I. | 152 |
|
“ Expulsion of Walter de Brienne, and constitutional changes in Florence | 148 |
|
“ Treaty of Kalisch between Poland and the Teutonic Order | 458 |
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1345. Murder of Andrew of Hungary, husband of Joanna of Naples | 152 |
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1345. Assassination of Jacob van Artevelde | 74 |
|
“ Death of William IV. of Holland, Hainault, and Zealand. His territories pass to a son of Lewis the Bavarian | 75, 108 |
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1346. Opposition in Germany to Lewis the Bavarian. Election of Charles IV. as King of the Romans | 108 |
|
“ Battle of Crécy | 76 |
|
“ Death of John of Bohemia | 108 |
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“ Defeat of the Scots at Nevill’s Cross | 77 |
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“ Esthonia handed over by Denmark to the Teutonic Order | 458 |
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1347. Lewis the Great of Hungary attacks Naples. Joanna flies to Provence | 153 |
|
“ Triumph of Rienzi in Rome | 157 |
|
“ Edward III. takes Calais (August 4) | 77 |
|
“ Death of Lewis the Bavarian (October 11) | 108 |
|
“ Abdication of Rienzi (December 15) | 159 |
|
“ John Cantacuzenos recognised as joint emperor in Constantinople | 501 |
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1348. Outbreak of the Black Death in Europe | 78 |
|
“ Battle of Epila. Peter IV. of Aragon revokes the ‘Privilege of Union’ | 482 |
|
“ Lewis de Mâle recovers his authority as Count of Flanders | 78 |
|
“ Foundation of the University of Prague by Charles IV. | 113 |
|
“ Joanna of Naples sells Avignon to Pope Clement VI. | 153 |
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1349. Death of Lucchino Visconti. Succeeded by Giovanni, Archbishop of Milan | 175 |
|
“ Annexation of Dauphiné to France | 78 |
|
“ Death of Jeanne of Navarre, and accession of Charles the Bad | 79 |
|
“ Charles IV. succeeds in overcoming opposition in Germany | 111 |
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1350. Death of Philip VI. of France (August 22), and accession of John | 79 |
|
“ Death of Eudes IV., Duke and Count of Burgundy. Succeeded by Philip de Rouvre | 79 |
|
“ Death of Alfonso XI. of Castile, and accession of Peter the Cruel | 471 |
|
“ Giovanni Visconti obtains Bologna | 160, 175 |
|
“ Outbreak of war between Venice and Genoa | 170 |
|
1351. Zürich joins the Swiss League | 132 |
|
“ Peace between Lewis of Hungary and Joanna of Naples | 153 |
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1352. Albert II. of Austria attacks Zürich. Glarus and Zug join the Confederation | 134 |
|
“ Death of Pope Clement VI., and election of Innocent VI. | 160 |
|
1353. The accession of Bern completes the eight old cantons of the Swiss Confederation | 135 |
|
“ Innocent VI. sends Cardinal Albornoz to recover the Papal States, almost lost during the residence in Avignon | 160 |
|
“ Genoa, defeated in naval war with Venice, submits to Milan | 170 |
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1354. Rienzi’s return to Rome and his death | 161 |
|
“ Genoese victory in the battle of Sapienza | 171 |
|
“ Death of Giovanni Visconti. Milanese dominions divided between his three nephews | 175 |
|
“ John Cantacuzenos compelled to abdicate | 502 |
|
“ Turks seize Gallipoli, their first possession on European soil | 502 |
|
1355. Renewal of English invasion of France | 80 |
|
“ Charles IV. crowned Emperor in Rome | 114 |
|
“ Important meeting of States-General in France | 81 |
|
“ Conspiracy and death of Marin Falier in Venice | 169 |
|
“ Peace between Venice and Genoa | 171 |
|
“ Assassination of Matteo Visconti. Partition of Milanese territories between Bernabo and Galeazzo | 176 |
|
“ Death of Stephen Dushan, King of Servia | 501 |
|
1356. Battle of Poitiers, and capture of John of France | 81 |
|
“ States-General under the guidance of Etienne Marcel | 83 |
|
“ Charles IV. issues the Golden Bull | 115 |
|
“ Genoa repudiates Milanese suzerainty | 171, 176 |
|
1358. Rising of the Jacquerie in France | 87 |
|
“ Assassination of Marcel, and restoration of order and royal authority by Charles, Duke of Normandy, acting as regent during his father’s captivity | 88 |
|
“ Death of Albert II. of Austria, leaving his territories to the joint rule of four sons | 136 |
|
1359. Death of Orchan. Succeeded by Amurath or Murad I. | 502 |
|
1360. Treaty of Bretigni (May 8) ends first period of the Hundred Years’ War | 89 |
|
“ Cardinal Albornoz recovers Bologna from the Visconti | 161, 177 |
|
1361. Death of Philip de Rouvre. Duchy of Burgundy granted by John of France to his fourth son, Philip | 90 |
|
“ Sack of Wisby by Waldemar III. Beginning of war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League | 433 |
|
“ Amurath I. seizes Adrianople, which becomes the European capital of the Turks till 1453 | 502 |
|
1362. Death of Pope Innocent VI., and election of Urban V. | 161 |
|
“ Defeat of the Hanseatic League by Danish fleet | 434 |
|
1363. Death of Meinhard, Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count of Tyrol. Upper Bavaria united with Lower Bavaria: Tyrol acquired by the Hapsburgs | 120 |
|
“ Marriage of Margaret of Denmark to Hakon of Norway | 435 |
|
1364. John of France returns to England and dies there. Accession of Charles V. | 188 |
|
“ Treaty of mutual inheritance between the houses of Luxemburg and Hapsburg | 120 |
|
“ Charles of Blois killed at battle of Aurai | 92 |
|
“ Deposition of Magnus of Sweden in favour of Albert of Mecklenburg | 436 |
|
1365. Death of Rudolf of Hapsburg | 137 |
|
“ Settlement of Breton war by the recognition of John de Montfort | 92 |
|
“ Treaty of Wordingborg between Waldemar III. and Hanse towns | 436 |
|
1366. Peter the Cruel, driven from Castile by Henry of Trastamara, flies to the Black Prince at Bordeaux | 93, 473 |
|
1367. The Black Prince wins the battle of Najara, and restores Peter the Cruel in Castile | 93, 473 |
|
“ Urban V. returns from Avignon to Rome | 162 |
|
“ Meeting of Hanseatic League at Cologne declares war against Denmark | 437 |
|
1368. Charles IV. visits Urban V. in Rome | 162 |
|
“ Death of Cardinal Albornoz | 162, 177 |
|
“ Triumph of the Hanseatic fleet: capture of Copenhagen | 438 |
|
1369. Battle of Montiel. Death of Peter the Cruel. Accession of Henry of Trastamara (Henry II.) in Castile | 94, 474 |
|
“ Renewal of war between France and England | 94 |
|
“ The eastern Emperor John V. visits Rome, and agrees to a union between the Greek and Latin Churches | 503 |
|
1370. Partition of Hapsburg territories between Albert III. and Leopold | 137, 398 |
|
“ Massacre at Limoges by order of the Black Prince | 95 |
|
“ Urban V. returns from Rome to Avignon | 162 |
|
“ Treaty of Stralsund. Hanseatic League at the zenith of its power | 438 |
|
“ Death of Casimir the Great of Poland. Succeeded by Lewis of Hungary | 459 |
|
1372. Defeat of the English fleet by Spaniards and French off La Rochelle | 95 |
|
1373. Disastrous expedition of John of Gaunt to France | 95 |
|
“ The Emperor Charles IV. acquires Brandenburg | 441 |
|
1375. Truce between England and France, leaving England in occupation of Calais, Bordeaux, and Bayonne | 96 |
|
“ Death of Waldemar III. of Denmark. Accession of Olaf | 442 |
|
1376. Death of the Black Prince (June 8) | 96 |
|
“ Election of Wenzel as King of the Romans | 121 |
|
1377. Death of Edward III. of England. Accession of Richard II. | 96 |
|
“ Gregory XI. leaves Avignon for Rome | 162, 185 |
|
1378. Death of Gregory XI. in Rome. Election of Urban VI. | 162, 185 |
|
“ Rising of the ‘Ciompi’ in Florence | 164 |
|
“ Outbreak of war between Venice and Genoa | 172 |
|
“ Galeazzo Visconti dies and is succeeded by Gian Galeazzo | 177 |
|
“ Election of anti-pope Clement VII. (Sept. 20). Beginning of the great schism | 122, 162, 186 |
|
“ Death of the Emperor Charles IV. (Nov. 29). Partition of his dominions | 123 |
|
1379. The Genoese seize Chioggia and blockade Venice | 172 |
|
“ Death of Henry II. of Castile, and accession of John I. | 474 |
|
1380. Death of Charles V. of France, and accession of Charles VI. | 97, 315 |
|
“ Death of Hakon of Norway. Union of Norway and Denmark under Olaf | 442 |
|
“ The Genoese are forced to capitulate at Chioggia. Triumph of Venice | 173 |
|
“ Death of Lewis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland | 190, 459 |
|
1381. Rising of the lower classes in England | 316 |
|
1382. Counter-revolution in Florence establishes oligarchy | 166 |
|
“ Rising of the Maillotins in Paris | 317 |
|
“ Rising of the Flemings under Philip van Artevelde | 317 |
|
“ French defeat of the Flemings at Roosebek | 318 |
|
“ Suppression of the Maillotins in Paris | 318 |
|
“ Death of Joanna I. of Naples. Accession of Charles III. | 154 |
|
1383. Death of Lewis de Mâle. His son-in-law, Philip of Burgundy, acquires Flanders, Artois, Nevers, Rethel, and Franche-Comté | 320 |
|
1385. Gian Galeazzo Visconti imprisons his uncle, Bernabo, and reunites the Milanese dominions | 177 |
|
“ Charles III. of Naples claims crown of Hungary | 191 |
|
“ Portuguese victory at Aljubarrota over Castilians | 474 |
|
“ Death of Louis of Anjou, who had obtained Provence but had been defeated by Charles III. as a claimant to Naples | 154 |
|
1386. Jagello of Lithuania marries Hedwig, younger daughter of Lewis the Great, becomes a Christian, and is crowned King of Poland | 191, 459 |
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1386. Valentina Visconti married to Louis of Orleans | 178, 321 |
|
“ Charles III. of Naples assassinated in Hungary | 155, 191 |
|
“ Swiss victory at Sempach. Defeat and death of Leopold of Hapsburg | 138 |
|
“ John of Gaunt advances the claim of his wife, Constance, in Castile | 474 |
|
“ Schleswig ceded by Denmark to Count of Holstein | 442 |
|
1387. Sigismund of Luxemburg crowned King of Hungary | 192 |
|
“ Outbreak of town-war in Germany | 189 |
|
“ Death of Peter IV. of Aragon. Accession of John I. | 482 |
|
“ John of Gaunt withdraws his wife’s claim and makes peace with John I. of Castile | 475 |
|
“ Gian Galeazzo seizes Verona and Vicenza, and ruins the house of Scala | 179 |
|
“ Death of Olaf of Denmark and Norway. Succeeded by his mother, Margaret | 443 |
|
1388. Padua subjected by Gian Galeazzo Visconti | 179 |
|
“ Albert of Sweden deposed; crown offered to Margaret of Denmark and Norway | 443 |
|
1389. Peace of Eger closes the town-war in Germany | 190 |
|
“ Hapsburgs recognise by treaty the independence of the Swiss Confederation | 138 |
|
“ Turkish victory at Kossova | 503 |
|
“ Amurath I. succeeded by Bajazet I. | 503 |
|
“ Death of Urban VI. Election of Boniface IX. | 187 |
|
1390. Death of John I. of Castile, and accession of Henry III. | 475 |
|
1391. Mary of Sicily marries Martin the Younger, son of Martin I. of Aragon | 482 |
|
“ Death of Greek emperor, John V., and accession of Manuel II. | 504 |
|
1392. Charles VI. becomes insane. The Dukes of Burgundy and Orleans dispute for the government of France | 319 |
|
1394. Death of Avignon Pope, Clement VII. Election of Benedict XIII. | 187 |
|
1395. Wenzel creates Gian Galeazzo Duke of Milan | 178 |
|
1396. Genoa submits to France through fear of Milan | 180 |
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