The Timeline | 11th C | 12th C | 13th C | 14th C | 15th C | 16th C | 17th C | 18th C | 19th C | 20th C
YEAR |
MONARCH |
POLITICAL EVENTS AND CONFLICTS |
SOCIAL HISTORY AND EPIDEMICS |
INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES |
NOTABLE EVENTS |
1306-1329 | Robert the Bruce | ||||
1307 | Edward II 8th July |
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1308 | Dante wrote "The Divine Comedy" between 1308 and 1321 | ||||
1309 | Papacy moves to Avignon | ||||
1314 | Battle of Bannockburn | ||||
1315-17 | Great Famine in Europe | ||||
1319 | Battle of Mytton: Scots defeat English | ||||
1322 | Battle of Boroughbridge: crown defeats rebels | ||||
1323 | Truce between Robert Bruce and Edward II, but warfare continues | ||||
1327 | Edward III 25th January |
First manuscript reference to a cannon | Death of Robert the Bruce | ||
1333 | Battle of Halidon Hill | ||||
1336 | First reference to a mounted gun aboard ship | ||||
1337 | Guillaume de Machaut becomes canon at Rheims and composes "Messe de Notre Dame" during tenure | ||||
1338 | Start of 100 Years War | ||||
1346 | Battle of Crecy Battle Of Neville's Cross |
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1348 | Black Death reaches Europe | A third or more of the population died as a result of the Black Death | |||
1356 | Battle of Poitiers | ||||
1377 | Richard II 22nd June |
Papacy returns to Rome Guillaume de Machaut dies |
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1380 | Chaucer begins "The Legend of Good Women" | ||||
1381 | The Peasants' Revolt | ||||
1382 | Chaucer's "The Parlement of Foules" first use of rhyme royal in English Literature | ||||
1385 | Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" | ||||
1387 | Chaucer begins "Canterbury Tales" | ||||
1388 | Battle of Otterburn | ||||
1399 | Henry IV 30th September |