(13th_century -

14th century

- 15th_century - more Centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th Century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400.

Events

  • The transition from the Medieval_Warm_Period to the Little_Ice_Age
  • Beginning of the Ottoman_Empire
  • The Avignon_papacy transfers the seat of the Popes from Italy to France
  • Black_Death kills about one third of European population (1347 - 1351)
  • the end of Mongol Yuan_Dynasty in China and the beginning of the Ming_Dynasty (1368)
  • The heresy of Lollardy rises in England
  • The Great Schism of the West begins in 1378, eventually leading to 3 simultaneous popes.
  • An account of Buddha's life, translated earlier in to Greek by St_John_of_Damascus and widely circulated to Christians as the story of Barlaam and Josaphat had become so popular that Buddha was made a Catholic saint (Josaphat).
  • Singapore emerges for the first time as a fortified city and trading centre of some importance.

    Significant people

  • Giovanni_Boccaccio, Italian author
  • Geoffrey_Chaucer, English poet
  • Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet and writer

    Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

  • Decades and Years

    1290s 1290 1291 1292 1293 1294 1295 1296 1297 1298 1299 1300s 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 1310s 1310 1311 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316 1317 1318 1319 1320s 1320 1321 1322 1323 1324 1325 1326 1327 1328 1329 1330s 1330 1331 1332 1333 1334 1335 1336 1337 1338 1339 1340s 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348 1349 1350s 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358 1359 1360s 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368 1369 1370s 1370 1371 1372 1373 1374 1375 1376 1377 1378 1379 1380s 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 1389 1390s 1390 1391 1392 1393 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400s 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409
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