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1393.

Ottoman Turks occupy Veliko Tarnovo (Turnovgrad) in north-central Bulgaria.

Thank you WIKI...!:angel:

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1392

Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye leads a coup d'état, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon

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1391

August 5 - Anti-Jewish riots erupt in Toledo, Spain and Barcelona. Many Jews leave Barcelona after the following massacres, though a large number remain in the city.

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1390 - Births

- December 27 - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (died 1411)

- Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancemaster (died 1470)

- John Dunstable, English composer (died 1453)

- Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman and rebel leader (died 1436)

- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (died 1447)

- John VIII Palaeologus Byzantine Emperor (died 1448)

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1389

February 24 - Margaret I defeats Albert in battle, thus becoming ruler of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

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1388

A Chinese army under Lan Yu defeats A large Mongolian army under Toghus Temur and captures 100 members of the Yuan royal family

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1387

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- August 23 - Olaf IV of Norway/ Olaf III of Denmark dies. The vacant thrones come under the Regency of his mother Margaret I of Denmark who would soon become Queen in her own right.

- December 19 - Battle of Radcot Bridge: forces loyal to Richard II defeated by Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby.

- Geoffrey Chaucer begins writing The Canterbury Tales.

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1386

End of rules by members of the Capet-Anjou family in Poland. Jogaila unites Lithuania and Poland.

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1385

The Battle of Aljubarrota, took place on August 14, 1385, between Portuguese forces commanded by King João I, his general Nuno Alvares Pereira and the Castilian army of King Juan I. The place was Aljubarrota, between the towns of Leiria and Alcobaça in central Portugal. The result was a decisive defeat of the Castilians and the end of the 1383-1385 Crisis, establishing João as King of Portugal.

Portugal

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1384

November 16 - Hedwig is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman

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1383

End of the reign of Emperor Chokei of Japan
Emperor Go-Kameyama ascends to the throne of Japan
Löwenbräu is first brewed :lol:

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1382

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- End of the reign of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders

- Emperor Go-Komatsu ascends to the throne of Japan

- John Wyclif's teachings are condemned by the Synod of London.

- The Ottomans take Sofia.

- August: Our Lady of Częstochowa is brought to the Jasna Góra monastery.

- September, 30: Trieste being donated by his inhabitants to Leopold III von Habsburg.

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1381

King Richard II of England meets the leaders of Peasants Revolt.

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1380

Iceland, as a part of Norway passes under the Danish crown.

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1379

Robert of Geneva, the "butcher of Cesena" was elected as Pope Clement VII. This led to a schism in the Catholic church with one pope in Rome (Pope Gregory XI and the antipope (Clement VII) in Avignon.

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1378

March - John Wyclif tried to gain public favour by laying his theses before parliament, and then made them public in a tract. He appeared before Simon of Sudbury at the episcopal palace at Lambeth to defend himself.

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1377

January 17 – Pope Gregory XI enters Rome.
May - Continuous riots in Rome induce Gregory XI to remove temporarily to Anagui.
May 22 - Pope Gregory XI issues five Bulls in which the opinions of John Wycliffe are condemned.

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Whoops I made a mistake! I should do 1376 NOT 1388. Don't know what I was thinking... :thinking:

1376

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- March – The treaty between England and France is extended until April of 1377.
- April 28 - The Good Parliament in England begins.
- June 7 – The dying Prince Edward summons his father Edward III and brother John of Gaunt and makes them swear to uphold the claim to the throne of his son Richard.
- July 10 – The Good Parliament, the longest Parliament which has yet sat in England, is dissolved.

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1375

- The Russian town of Kostroma is destroyed by Novgorod's ushkuiniks.

- October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark.

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1374

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- June 24 - Dancing mania begins in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), possibly due to ergotism
- King Gongmin is assassinated and King U ascends to the Goryeo throne

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1373

Julian of Norwich receives the sixteen Revelations of Divine Love

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1372

In this year, the city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins. It is the first city in the world to do so.

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1371

End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon , fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders

Japan

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1370

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- Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family.
- May 24 - The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.
- 20 October - Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Costantinoples, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria.
- Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war.
- Carthusian monks build the Charterhouse in London.
- Fortification of Xian City (Chang'an)

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1369

- King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England.

- Venice repels Hungarian invasion.

- Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.

- Tamerlane names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.

- Košice becomes the first town in Europe to be granted its own coat of arms.

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1368

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- Timur ascends throne of Samarkand.

- Creation of the Great Wall of China.

- Hongwu establishes the Ming Dynasty in China. Some Chinese scholars consider this the end of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

- Emperor Chōkei accedes to the throne of Japan

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1367

Charles V creates the first royal library in France.

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1366

Thomas Fraser obtains lands in Aberdeenshire, upon which he starts the building of a towerhouse that would later be known as Muchalls Castle.

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1365

Foundation of the University of Vienna

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1364

Charles V becomes King of France.

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1363

- Magnus II, King of Sweden, is deposed by Albert of Mecklenburg.

- Haakon VI of Norway marries Margaret I of Denmark.

- Philip the Bold becomes duke of Burgundy.

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1362

Pope Innocentius VI is succeeded by Urbanus V

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1361

Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy.

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1360

- October 24 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

- King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark seizes Scania (from 1658 a Swedish province).

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1359

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- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389)

- Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.

- Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband Louis of Bavaria are absolved from excommunication.

- Second Treaty of London signed between England and France, but rejected by the French States-General on May 25.

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1358

The Jacquerie. A Peasant rebellion in France during the Hundred Year's War, which consumed the Beauvais and allied with Etienne Marcel's seizure of Paris. Was defeated on the 10th July at the Battle of Mello.

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1357

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July 9 - Charles Bridge in Prague was founded

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1356

The majority of the Great Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan to build fortresses and mosques in the nearby city of Cairo, leaving the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in the step-stone condition in which it remains today.

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1355

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- April - Philip of Anjou marries Mary of Naples, daughter of Charles of Valois, duke of Calabria, and Mary of Valois.

- April 5 - Charles IV crowned emperor in Rome.

- April 18 - In Venice, the Council of Ten beheads Doge Marin Falier for conspiring to kill them.

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1354

* February 12, Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.

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1353

The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Bern signs an alliance with the Swiss Confederation.